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  • bushy cirri: nostrils, nape & eyes
    head slender, pointed
    rear of top jaw bone skin covered
  • cirri: small, branched, on nostrils, eyes & nape
    D: XXI, 10; spines lower than rays
    breast & belly scaleless
    A: I; rays thick, membranes cut to bases
  • bushy cirri: nostrils, nape & eyes
    head wide, snout blunt
    rear of top jaw bone exposed
  • cirri simple/branched: nostrils, eyes & nape
    D: 0-1 rays, front high, deep notch after 3rd spine
    operculum with well defined spine
  • cirri simple: nostrils, eyes & nape
    D: 7-10 rays, front not high, notch after last spines
    A: male - 1st spine long, free, = sex organ
    A: base without fleshy crest
  • large eyes on top pointed head
    D1: IV
    LL extends onto C
    gill opening = small pore on side
    preopercle: large, curved, hooked spine
    no scales
  • cirri: simple, nape & eye
    D: 8-11 rays, front not high, notch after last spines
    A: male - 1st spine short, free = sex organ
    A: base with fleshy ridge