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  • body oblong, deep
    snout: central groove triangular
    red & white stripes
    no spines under eye
    preoperculum slightly crescentic, no spines
    A 10-12
  • body: red + thin bright white stripes
    spiny D: red + white spots -base and spine tips, l
    inside pectoral base - pale
  • red + yellow stripes
    D orange + white spots
    C top lobe not longer
    lower jaw projects
    preoperculum angular, 1 strong spine
  • body: wide, dark-edged silver stripes
    spiny D pink, red spots after spine tips
    inside pectoral base - dark
  • body: dark bordered, thin white stripes
    spiny D orange, juvs - small black spot at front
    inside pectoral base - pale