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  • shallow pit behind eyes
    color variable, mottled
    black blotch with yellow flaps over pectoral
    ridge under eye 0-1 spines
    body: many skin flaps
  • deep pits before & behind eye
    scarlet + red blotches
    all fins: red bars
    ridge under eye - 3-4 spines
    body: no skin flaps
  • deep depressions before & after eyes
    red brown
    body & fins dense dark spots
    scales smooth, small, >70 rows
    ridge under eye - usually no spines
  • deep pits before & behind eye
    mottled + white spots
    inside pectoral: black blotch, rows white spots
    bars on C
    ridge under eye: 3-4 spines
    body: many skin flaps