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  • tiny barbel before eye
    pores: opercle 2; preopercle 3
    D2 I, 12; A 10; pectoral 18
    brown + ~9 thin light bars
    pelvic disc round
    no scales
  • head swollen (from above)
    tiny barbel before eye
    pores: opercle 2, preopercle 3
    8 broad dark bars, each with central dash
    D2 I, 11; A 10; pectoral 18-19
    pelvic disc oval
    only scales: C base - 2 small, very rough
  • head somewhat depressed
    pores: opercle 2, preopercle 3
    D2 I,9; A 8; pectoral 17
    9 broad dark bars with dark central dashes
    pelvics almost separate
    lateral scales 31-35, no scales above & below band forward to pectoral base
  • tiny barbel before eye
    pores: opercle 2; preopercle 3
    alternating dark & light bars of same width, edges wavy
    center flank: row dark spots
    D2 I,11; A 9; pectoral 17
    pelvic disc oval
    only scales = 2 small, very rough on C base
  • tiny barbel before eye
    indistinct thin dark bars
    mid-flank: series of dark dots
    D2 I,11: A 9; pectoral 16-17
    pores: opercle 0; preopercle 3
    pelvic disc round
    no scales
  • head round
    brown + dark dots
    snout overhangs small mouth
    teeth protrude from closed mouth
    pelvics form disc