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  • eye cirrus long, branches at base
    lower head - blue bars
    color & pattern v variable: spotted, striped, all yellow
    D spot at front
  • eye cirrus simple: long & flat in male
    olive, 2 dark bars - eye to mouth & to throat
    D front spines > rear rays, v elongate in male
  • eye cirrus a long flap
    D: flap on 1st spine, elongate blotch at front in male
    body: 2 rows ~8 blotches
  • nape: 2 rows red & white barred cirri
    green
    blotched & barred