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  • body depth 24-27% SL
    head 29-33% SL
    D: deep notch, XI
    tail base: fleshy keel
    head & C base scaled
  • body depth 19-22% SL
    head 25-27% SL
    tail base: no fleshy keel
    D divided: VII-IX + III-V (small, isolated/buried) + I
  • elongate, fusiform
    uniforme red
    flat between eyes
    D X, 11, deep notch
    soft D & A not scaled, last ray v elongate
    top jaw scaled
  • slender (body depth 24-28% SL)
    orange/red, D margin & C top lobe yellow
    D & A no scales, last rays filamentous
    gill rakers 28-32
    roof mouth -arched tooth patch
    LL 49-51