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  • head not spiny
    very large eye
    D X, 11-15
    pelvics attached to belly, origin before pectoral base
    A III, 10-16
  • prominent light organ under eye
    black
  • head not spiny
    large eye
    D: VI + I, 9, separate
    opercle no spines
    A II, 8-9
  • head very spiny, bones very serrated
    large eye
    1 D, spiny part longer base
    pelvics I, 7, origin behind pectoral base
    A IV
  • D II-XI, 10-27, base soft part longer
    teeth: simple, canines, or incisors
    3 opercular spines