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  • snout black + long oval yellow spot
    yellow stripe: top of eye to C base, often interrupted before C
    lower dark stripe wide, ends as oval spot on lower C
    pectoral 16
  • snout usually yellowish
    yellow stripe short (eye to above pectoral)
    mouth a little under snout, top lip separate from snout
  • snout dark/yellowish-grey
    narrow yellow/white stripe: top eye to C base
    lower dark stripe wide, ends as oval spot on lower C
    mouth not under snout, top lip separate from snout
    pectoral 18
  • snout: central yellow bar
    yellow stripe: 2 short sections - through eye & tail
    dark stripe: snout through eye to tail base
    mouth a little under snout
    top lip not fused to snout
  • snout dark
    thin blue stripe in grey stripe - before eye to C
    pectoral 16; pelvic disc long; C 11
    mouth distinctly under snout
    top lip fused to snout
  • snout dark
    blue stripe: before eye to ~end C
    no pale grey stripe above blue stripe
    pectoral 17; pelvic disc short; C 13
    dark lower stripe wide, to ~end C
    mouth well under sharp snout
    top lip joined to snout