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flank: 5 black blotches
oblique stripe: mouth to mid preopercle
lower preopercle edge blackD2 11; A 12male D1- 3rd spine often elongate
C base - oval dark spot -
dark crescent across nape between dark blotch each shoulder
flank: 3-4 dark V bars + oval blotchesD2 10; A 11
male C: top red stripe -
flank: 5 dark blotches
angle of preoperculum blackD2 11, A 12D1: 3rd spine elongate in male
C: lower edge dark greynape: no/few scales -
dark bar - between & under eyes, opercle - dark triangle
flank - row ~5 dark dashes
preopercular edge not darkD2 11; A 12male D1: 3rd spine elongate
male: upper C border - yellow -
flank: 4 dark rectangular blotchesD2 11; A 12
corner mouth to mid-preopercle: oblique bar
lower opercle dark blotchnape: 7 smooth scales -
side head & body: green, dark-edged spots
side of nape: dark blotch
D2 10; A 11 -
body: thin, long orange barscheek: 3-4 dark bars
side nape: dark blotchD2 11; A 12
side lower jaw: large, laterally projecting tusk -
lower side: dark comma blotches
preopercle rear edge black
dark spot - center front opercleD2 11; A 12
dark bar under eyenape: 10-12 scales before D -
head flattenedbody: 5 internal red-brown bars
fins & scale edges blackishC: long, pointed, black spot upper base
mouth long, oblique before horizontalpelvics form disc
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