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  • snout long & slender
    triangular bone before eye
    flank & upper tail: rows spots -> bars
    D 26-35
    trunk rings 16-19
    no opercular ridge
    pectoral short - base 77% length
  • snout long & slender, ridges - top and side
    body slender
    body: wide-spaced narrow pale bars
    D 22-23
    A 2-4
    tail rings 29-34
  • body slender
    snout long, slender
    D 27
    A 2-4
    red, flank + 7 dark spots
    tail rings 38-39
  • snout v long, slender, with dark stripe
    D 37-54
    C 9
    operculum: several ridges
    lower body & tail ridges NOT joined
    A 4
    brood pouch under body
  • snout long, slender
    pattern 1: pale bars above, pale spots below.
    pattern 2: irregular lines above, blue bars below
    D 25-32
    trunk rings 15-18
    short opercular ridge
  • snout medium
    color variable
    D 33-39
    trunk rings 18-21
    no opercular ridge
  • snout v long & slender
    upper side: stripe above bars
    lower side: +/- dark diamonds
    D 29-42
    trunk rings 18-21
    no opercular ridge
  • snout medium
    upper body: ~12-13 narrow bars, wider interspaces
    female: pale bars below
    D 22-27
    trunk rings 14-15
    no opercular ridge
    pectoral short
  • snout long & slender
    female: pale bars under trunk & tail
    D 25-34
    trunk rings: 15-18
    no opercular ridge
  • snout medium & stout
    female: 1-3 silver bars on each lower body ring, black ventral keel, C dark + white spots
    D 25-37
    trunk rings 15-18, 5.5-9.5 under D
    opercular ridge - low, short
  • snout long & slender
    D 32-38
    trunk rings 22-24
    no opercular ridge
  • snout moderate
    brown snout, white blotch under eye
    body: 11-12 wide bars
    D 35-41
    trunk rings 17-19, 8.5-10 under D
    no opercular ridge