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  • pink + oblique bars
    LL: broken stripe
    D: no long spines
    D & C: spotted
  • large eye
    red + yellow blotches + dense small dark spots
    D spines II & III v long
  • D: 3rd spine elongate
    red + brown & olive spots on back, D & C
  • eye large
    narrow between eyes
    D - no elongate spines
    bright red, back with green blotches
    under head white
  • eye small
    D: 3rd spine long
    red + yellow blotches & dark spots
    fins red, D membranes yellow
  • red + yellow blotches, dense pale blue spots
    D: 2nd & 3rd spines long
  • shallow pits before & behind eyes
    mottled red/brown
    pectoral: black tip
    soft D - rows dots
    soft D: 3-4 rows brown dots
    ridge under eye: 3 small spines
    lower front body scales imbedded
  • between eyes flat
    red/brown mottled
    soft D: large dark blotch
    ridge under eye: 0-2 small spines
    lower front body scales imbedded
  • D XVI, 3rd spine ~4th
    gill rakers 18-23
    gill chamber pale
    pectoral: deep rear notch
  • D XV, 3rd spine v long
    gill chamber black
    pectoral: shallow rear notch