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  • iris & fins red
    blue lines under eye
    spot above LL under soft D: small
    juv flank: spot large, ll through lower 1/2; rows blue spots
    juv 9-10 wavy yellow stripes
    roof mouth tooth patch: V shaped
    A 8, end pointed
    LL 47-51
  • pale grey, fins dark
    iris white
    D XII, 16-17
    gill rakers 21-23
    scales below LL oblique to body axis
  • red body & fins
    iris red
    juv: dark spot under soft D
    D 14
    roof mouth tooth patch: anchor shaped
    gill rakers 6-8 + 14-16
    A 9, end pointed
    scales: above LL 8-9, below LL 16-17, on LL 47-48
  • large eye
    grey, red edges to fins
    juv: oblique head stripe
    D usually 12
    spot under soft D: 1/4-1/2 below LL
    roof mouth tooth patch: anchor shaped
    upper canines much larger
    gill rakers 7-8+15-17
    A end rounded
    LL 47-49
  • red
    iris red
    juv: dark spot under soft D
    D 14
    roof mouth tooth patch: anchor shaped
    gill rakers 6-8+13-14
    A 8, end pointed
    scales: above LL 9-11, below LL 16-19, on LL 47-48
  • grey + yellow stripes; blotch under D mostly above LL
    juv: black spot under soft D, pelvic & A yellow, D edge red
    D usually 12
    spot under soft D: < 1/4 below LL
    juv: black spot under soft D, pelvic & A yellow, D edge red; body - 8-9 straight yellow stripes
    roof mouth tooth patch: anchor shaped
    upper canines much larger
    gill rakers 6-7+12-15
    A end rounded
    LL 47-50
  • red, iris & pectoral yellow
    juv: black spot under soft D
    D usually 14
    roof mouth tooth patch: anchor shaped
    upper canines much larger
    A 8, end pointed