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  • snout yellow-brown + short narrow yellow bar
    narrow yellow stripe: top eye to C base
    blue stripe: under eye to pectoral base
    lower dark stripe narrow, to C base
    pectoral 17 (16-18)
  • snout yellow-brown, + narrow yellow bar
    pale stripe: eye to upper C base, narrow, front yellow, white behind
    mouth a little under snout, top lip separate from snout
  • snout: vertical oval pale spot
    stripe yellow/blue/white, wide, eye to C
    mouth well under sharp snout
    top lip joins snout
  • snout: v thin white bar
    thin white stripe: upper eye to C
    dark side stripe ends in round blotch on C
    top lip fused to snout
  • snout: yellow spot - transverse oval/round
    pale stripe yellow then blue, over eye to tail base
    dark stripe -> oval spot on C base
    mouth opens at front, top lip not joining snout
    juvenile: snout yellow + spot
  • snout: narrow blue-white bar
    side stripe: narrow, silvery-blue, eye to C center, edged with narrow black stripes
    D spines & rays long; A rays long
    mouth a little under snout
    top lip separate from snout
  • snout: narrow yellow bar
    side stripe yellow: top of eye to C base
    Nicaragua
    mouth a little under snout
    top lip separate from snout
  • snout: narrow white bar
    side stripe: narrow, silver-blue, top of eye to C base
    lower black stripe - wide
    mouth a little under snout
    top lip separate from snout
    Providencia Is