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  • nape with scales
    eyes look to side
    cheek - dark stripe
    flank - row dark blotches
    space between Ds < / 1 / 3 D1 base
    body: lower 1/3 pale
    pectoral: top ray tip not free, usually 21 or less
    D2 I, 11-12; A I, 10-11
  • long, slender body
    Ds: well separated; IV-V + 0,5-17; D2 long base
    head scaleless
    mouth large, long
    A: 0, 14-17, long base
    breeding male black A
    body many small imbedded scales
  • nape with scales
    eyes look up
    uniformly pale
    space between Ds 1/2 D1 base
    pectoral: top ray tip not free, usually 22 or more
    D2 I, 11-12; A I, 10-11
  • nape scaleless
    back ~ 6 dark saddles
    side: row dark & yellow blotches;
    upper jaw ~to end preopercle
    body all pigmented
    pectoral: top 1-2 rays with free tip
    D2 I, 10-12; A I, 8-9
  • head narrow; knob on snout
    white spot behind eye
    back: 6 double white spots
    top jaw ~ reaches gill opening
  • head large, depressed; groove across nape
    side- row dark spots
    C base - Y shaped blotch
    top jaw extends onto opercle
    male: A - black stripe