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  • grey-brown, fins dark
    operculum - oval black & white ocellus
    D 18, A 17
    C: 0 branched rays
    membrane between jaws: black
    longitudinal scales 47-56
  • D black stripe along front
    LL ends under D spines I-III
    top lip dark
    jaw teeth - 1 row, slender, straight
    male A - black stripe along base
    C oval, ~head
  • body & fins yellow
    D&A 12
    C 5-13 branched rays
    inside mouth pale
    cheeks no scales
    pelvic long, long ray white
    longitudinal scales 33-39
  • D&A 12
    C: 12 branched rays
    membrane between jaws: pale
    under end top jaw: blunt notch
    pelvics short
    longitudinal scales 26-33
  • thin blue bars: rear head - 3, body ~6-8 narrow blue bars
    +/- opercle blotch
    D 17, A 17
    C: 0 branched rays
    membrane between jaws:dark
    under end top jaw: hook
    longitudinal scales 47-59