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  • humped back
    red + black blotches - head, body & fins
    Trachyscorpia osheri, Galapagos thornyhead
    top lip broad
    pectoral: deeply notched, top rays longest, 22-23
    pelvic spine long
    longitudinal scales 59-60
  • back not humped
    red
    Trachyscorpia verai, Ecuadorian deep-sea scorpionfish
    top lip narrow
    pectoral: deeply notched, top rays longest, 22
    pelvic spine short
    longitudinal scales 50