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head low, wide, translucent, not spongy
eye smalltop lip: dark moustache
chin 6 pores
mouth opens slightly under snoutno dark band behind teeth
gill rakers 27-34, 1st arch palepreopercle 4-6 spines -
dark + stripesD 25-29
mouth slightly under snout
gill rakers 18-22
preoperculum finely serratedA 7-8, 2nd spine 33-40% head -
oblong
head large & spongy, eye largeC punta roma
mouth oblique
chin: 1 thin flexible poreless barbelpreopercle weakly serrated, membranous
pectoral dark spotA II, weak -
relatively slender
pale body & fins
preopercle 12 spinesD 22-24
gill rakers 6-7 + 11-13A 6-7, 2nd spine thick, long
LL 50-51 -
fins black
preopercle 8-9 small spinesD 19-21
gill rakers 6-7 + 11-14A 6-7, 2nd spine thick, long
LL 47-49 -
body robust
blackish body & fins
preopercle 8-9 small teethD 22-25
gill rakers 7-8 + 13-16A 7-8, 2nd spine thin, short
LL 52-54 -
head low, wide, spongy, translucent
chin 4 pores
mouth large, oblique, opens at frontdark band behind front teeth
gill rakers long, 43-49, 1st arch darkpreoperculum 6-9 spines
scales atop head smooth + 1-2 rows rough on center nape -
head low, wide, spongy, translucent
inside gill chamber darkD 21-23centerline nape: 0-few rough scales, not in rows
gill rakers 52-59
chin 6 porespreopercle 2 strong spines -
head low, wide, spongy, translucent
eye large
chin 6 pores
mouth opens at frontno dark band behind teeth
gill rakers 32-36, 1st arch palepreoperculum 4-6 strong spines -
head low, wide, spongy, translucentD 21-23
gill rakers 40-50
chin 6 porespreopercle 2 strong spines
inside operculum & mouth blackscales smooth on head except centerline nape: 1-several rows rough scales_x000d_ -
head low, wide, spongy, translucentD 17-20
gill rakers 33-39preoperculum: 3 strong spineshead scales smooth
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