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  • very elongate
    eye tiny
    D continuous
    long dark chevrons along side
    C long, pointed, fused to D & A
    mouth large, very oblique
  • mouth vertical, eye tiny
    2 Ds joined
    C joined to D & A
    gills with papillae (no rakers)
    pelvic disc cup-like, on stalk
  • eyes together, at top & front
    D1 VI, elongate
    large black & silvery-green ocellus under D
    C very long, pointed
    mouth opens at front, oblique
    pelvics in disc