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  • snout blunt, 2 ridges
    short eye cirrus
    D spines: I > II-III, I-III -> lowpeak
    male: front black; outer 1/3 front D peak - orange
    lower edge of opercle with spots
    PC 13
    female unknown
  • head blunt; snout depressed, + ridges
    no eye cirrus
    D spines: I-III close, I slightly < II-III, V-X longer; shorter than rays
    male: front 1/2 black + white dots
    female: translucent; cheek - white dots
    PC 13
  • snout blunt, + 2 ridges
    center snout - short dark line
    female D spines; I-III close; I-II long; IV short, notch behind IV
    male D: spine I reaches XI, top edge concave, red & white
    nasal cirrus > nasal tube
    D spine 1: 4-6 black & white stripes
    pelvics not to anus
    A 19-20
  • snout blunt, 2 ridges
    no eye cirrus
    D spines: I > III, central spines longest, all < rays
    female: front pale brown + lines white dots, D front white & brown, spinal column orange & white
    male: like female + black head
  • snout blunt, 2 ridges
    short eye cirrus
    D front: dark; spines I-5 = length, no peak or notc
    other fins dark
    edge opercle: 3-4 dark dots
    PC 13
  • head small, pointed; nape no ridges
    no eye cirrus
    D front low, front spines shorter than others; spines shorter than rays
    male: front 1/2 black, D front black, 2 bars down from eye, cheek - blue-white spots
  • head: small, low; snout: blunt, no crests
    eye cirrus low, unbranched
    D spines 1-2 >> 3-4, spines slightly elongate in female
    male: front 1/2 black, D front white + black reticulations & spots
    female: front D white; belly white + dark bar
    PC 14