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  • oblong
    eye large
    pectoral base black
    mouth oblique
    front lower jaw: 1 pr canines
    dark grey + spots on scales
  • flanks: faintly striped
    A 8; 2nd spine thick, ~1st ray
  • pale + stripes
    D 22-24
    mouth opens at front
    gill rakers 23-25
    preoperculum thin, ~smooth
    A 9; 2nd spine 28-31% head
  • oblong
    head large & spongy, eye large
    C punta roma
    mouth oblique
    chin: 1 thin flexible poreless barbel
    preopercle weakly serrated, membranous
    pectoral dark spot
    A II, weak