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  • no pit behind eye
    D: XIII
    operculum - dark blotch
    pectoral: lower rays unbranched
    body scales rough
  • 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
  • red bars: head 2, body 3
    D spines long
    long snout
    pectoral - top ray long