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  • eyes close-set, spine before
    D 90-95; A 70-76
    top jaw: front canines overhang enclosed lower jaw
    gill rakers 3+7-10
    C: often 2 large spots
    D & A: row large spots
  • wide, tapering oval
    adult head v wide, blunt, especially male
    v wide between eyes
    lower gill rakers long, slender, 18-24
    snout all scaled
  • eyes large
    snout with spine
    male: long snout spine, long top pectoral ray
    eye-side pelvic 6
    pectoral base - dark
    LL straight, 40-45
    snout with scales
  • eyes large
    snout: spines
    male: long central D & A rays - > diamond shape
    male D & A: black blotch behind longest rays
    top jaw 39-44% head
    eye-side pelvic 5
    pectoral axil not dark
    LL straight, 33-37
    snout naked
  • eyes right side, large, close-set
    body depth 32-39% SL
    head 19-21% SL
    LL 80-89
    C top & bottom edges of rear 1/2 with large blotch
  • eyes right side, large, close-set
    body depth 40-46% SL
    head 22-28% SL
    LL 71-76
    C top & bottom edges with large blotch at center