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  • 3 black bars across head
    white + irregular yellow-brown spots, 3 internal black bars
    C white, black basal bar + yellow spots
    pectoral: upper 1/2 black, lower 1/2 white
    D2 & A usually 10
    no scales
  • snout v short, steep forehead
    dark bar behind opercle, dark spot under eye
    C 3 oblique dark bars
    A 8-10
    mouth long
    pectoral 17-19, fin uncolored
    pelvics completely separate, rays branched, short, no fleshy tips
    no scales
  • elongate
    eyes large, protrude above
    snout v short, blunt
    body densely spotted
    mid flank: row 3-4 pairs obvious dark blotches
    live in shrimp burrows
  • head: no pores
    body: 5-6 broad bars, 7 short saddles on back
    top jaw ends under front edge pupil
    pectoral 15, fin uncolored
    A 7-8
    no scales
  • whitish; dark bar through & under eye
    no head pores
    body: 3 internal dark dashes + 2 rows yellow spots
    C: dark top & bottom edges
    mouth extends past pupil
    pectoral 16-18, clear
    A 9
    no scales
  • white/yellowish
    no head pores
    parallel paired rows dark spots - > 5-6 bars
    back: orange marks
    D1 front base: black spot
    mouth short
    pectoral 16-17, clear
    A usually 9-10
    no scales
  • white + yellow reticulum & black dots
    D 3-5 orange stripes; C 5 orange bars
    no scales
    pelvic ray 5 unbranched, short
    D2 10; A 7-8