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  • head profile convex, not steep
    top jaw slightly projecting
    dark bar: eye to mouth
    pectoral base - small black spot
    no enlarged canines
    pectoral not v long
  • head profile moderately steep
    eye small
    black blotch at start LL
    body & fins ~7 bars
    small canines
    pectoral short
  • long snout, forehead profile not steep
    blue line under eye
    corner mouth orange
    front top jaws: 1-2 pairs large, straight canines
    pectoral long
  • forehead profile steep
    blue curved line under large eye
    blue spot: pectoral base & corner opercle
    front top jaws: 1-2 pairs larged canines, 3rd-4th tooth curved out
    pectoral long
  • head deep, profile steep
    under eye: blue & yellow lines
    black blotch at start LL
    no enlarged or curved canines
    pectoral short
  • snout short, v steep
    end spiny D: large black blotch
    no enlarged canines
    pectoral long
  • snout not v steep
    blue lines: above & below eye
    snout purplish grey
    pectoral base - no dark spot
    no enlarged canines
    pectoral long
  • head deep, profile v steep
    snout & cheeks purple + yellow spots
    blue line under eye
    pectoral base - diffuse blue spot
    knob over nostrils
    no enlarged canines
    pectoral long
  • head profile not v steep
    blue rectangle behind eye
    cheek yellow & blue lines
    D spines shorter
    pectoral base: blue stripe + orange spot
    pectoral long
  • head deep, profile v steep
    cheek - yellow & blue lines
    blue line under eye
    D spines longer
    elongate blue blotch at top gill opening
    pectoral long
  • head deep, round profile
    pink body & fins
    front teeth = canines
    rear nostril oblong
    A 8
  • D spines: I&II v short, III-V long & filamentous
  • profile above eye - slightly concave
    blue patch above & behind eye
    D spines: I v short, none long & filamentous