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  • elongate, rounded, humped
    head low, mouth under snout
    7-9 bars; dark blotch start LL
    C angular point
    barbels: chin - 3 pr, lower jaw - row 8-22
    A: II (small)
  • barbels: chin tuft 3 pr, lower jaws - 10-12 pr
    gill rakers: 7-9 short, stour
    pectoral reaches past A