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  • elongate
    oblique bar: eye to D1
    D VII + I, 29-34; D2 lobe & lt; 15% FL
    juv bars: 5 double +, 6th on tail base, NOT onto D
    top jaw: top bone wide, corner round
    gill rakers: 18-24 small fish, 11-19 large
    A base 59-71% D2 base
  • elongate
    head & body - 6 black bars,
    C black + wide white stripes
    tail base: long keel
  • elongate
    D VII-VIII + l, 23-28
    A II-III, 23-27
    teeth: 1 row, compressed, triangular, fixed together
    membrane flap over bone below preoperculum
    soft D & A: scale covered
  • short oblique bar: eye to nape before D1
    yellow stripe: eye to C
    D2 lobe 12-15.4% FL
    juv: 7 broken bars, 8th on tail base, 3rd-7th extend onto D & A
    top jaw: top bone slender
    gill rakers 23-26
  • body deep
    oblique bar: eye to D1
    D2 lobe 16-25% FL
    juv: 6 bars (with pale center-line), 7th on tail base, NOT onto D & A
    top jaw: top bone wide, corner angular
  • oblique bar: eye to D1
    D VIII + I, 33-39; D2 lobe low
    A base 48-63% of D2 base
    juv: 6 solid bars, 3rd-5th extend onto D & A
    top jaw: top bone not slender, round corner
    gill rakers 20-25 small fish, 12-17 large