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  • dark, pale spot on each scale
    D spines silver, membranes black
    D 11, short filaments at spine tips
    C: 15 branched rays, edge W shape
  • pale + ~6 bars above, row spots below
    blue lines before eye
    D&C: black spots
    D 11, short filaments at spine tips
    C: 15 branched rays, edge W shape
  • pale + 7 indistinct bars
    black blotch - center D
    D & C pale + reddish spots
    D 11, long filaments at spine tips
    C: 15 branched rays, edge W shape
  • eye large
    back- short double bars over dark stripes
    cheek: blue lines, operculum: internal dark mark
    preopercular spur pointed, 1 spine cluster
    pectoral 14-16
    LL 61-63
  • head: many blue lines
    body ~6 thin blue stripes; head blue lines
    C base: dark spot
    preopercle spur rectangular, 2 spine clusters
    pectoral 15-17
    LL 66-88
  • 2 dark blotches: center flank, C base
    D 12, spines: no filaments, edge yellow
    C 15 branched rays, concave, dark spot at base