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  • 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
  • body depth 24-27% SL
    head 29-33% SL
    D: deep notch, XI
    tail base: fleshy keel
    head & C base scaled
  • elongate, fusiform
    uniforme red
    flat between eyes
    D X, 11, deep notch
    soft D & A not scaled, last ray v elongate
    top jaw scaled
  • elongate, oval
    grey + yellow stripe & fins
    D X, 12-13, no notch, last ray not elongated
    soft D & A scaled
    C forked, lobes elongated
    sides roof mouth: 2 pr tooth patches
  • body depth 31-41% SL
    pink, D margin & both lobes C yellow
    D & A no scales, last rays filamentous
    gill rakers 24-28
    roof mouth - V tooth patch
    LL 48-52
  • elongate oval
    D & A no scales, last rays filamentous
    pink; D edge yellow; C edge red
    gill rakers 19-25
    roof mouth - tooth patch in V
    LL 54-57
  • oval, elongated
    body and fins red
    roof mouth: rhomboid tooth patch
    D XII, 11, last ray not elongated
    soft D & A scaled
    C forked
    sides roof mouth: 2 pr tooth patches
  • body depth 32-36% SL
    A 8 (7-8)
    gill rakers 38-42
    LL 45-48