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  • black; lower body - oval white blotches
    back: yellow blotch + black spots
    mouth yellow
  • grey + blue spots, 3 indistinct dark bars
    juv: stronger bars
  • cheek yellow + 2 oblique blue stripes; fins - blue borders
    juv: oblique blue lines on head
  • upper body: orange diagonal bar
    center flank: large black blotch
    thin black bar through eye
    tail base: 3 rows black spines
    lower rear body: diagonal black bars
  • large dark oval blotch above anus
    thin black bar through eye
    tail base: 3 rows black spines