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  • pale grey, fins dark
    iris white
    D XII, 16-17
    gill rakers 21-23
    scales below LL oblique to body axis
  • silver + oblique brown lines
    fins yellowish
    black blotch on C base
    7-9 scale rows LL to D origin
  • black scale spots - > dotted oblique stripes; fins dark
    juv: middle & lower stripes converge, C base - 1 round spot
    D XII, 17 (16-18)
    A 8
    pectoral fin : at least inner 1/3 scaled
    scales below LL oblique to body axis
  • head: yellow & blue stripes on head; body- blue & yellow spots; fins pale
    juv: middle & lower stripes converge, C base - 1 round spot
    juv: lower body yellow lines
    D XII, 15-17
    scales above LL larger than those below
    scale rows below LL oblique
  • 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
  • head orange spots, body - short oblique orange lines
    D 12-13
    A 12-13
    10 scale rows above LL
  • head & body brown spots
    D 14-16
    A 10-11
    9-12 scale rows above LL