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  • dark above, pale below
    fins pale
    pale line along D base
    tail ~ 1/2 TL
    tip lower jaw behind base front nostril
    pectoral: fin length = base length
  • brown above
    D whitish
    tail < 1/2 TL
    tip lower jaw before base front nostril
    pectoral: fin length > base length
  • head: white + brown mottling, pores in white spots
    body light brown
    white D
    tail < 1/2 TL