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  • elongate
    narrow stripes along scale rows (oblique above, horizontal below); C base - dark spot
    juv: middle & top stripes join under D, C base - double spot
    D XIII-XIV
    scale rows below LL horizontal
  • D XI-XII, wide gap
    tail base no keel
    red-brown stripes; fins reddish
  • silver + oblique brown lines
    fins yellowish
    black blotch on C base
    7-9 scale rows LL to D origin
  • elongate
    5 yellow/bronze stripes, fins clear
    juv: middle stripe short; C base - indistinct oval spot
    D XIII, 13-14 (12-15)
    A 8 (7-9)
    scale rows below LL oblique
  • snout yellow; body blue + thin stripes
    C lobes blackish + blue-white borders
    D XVI-XIX, notched but entire
    tail base with keel