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  • body & fins: brown + dense small pale spots
    juv: yellow D&A base; C - yellow stripes
    D: II
    snout short
    chin - no fleshy tip
    preopercle and lower jaw - 4 large pores
  • body & fins dark + dispersed pale spots
    juv: 3 stripes/ocelli on body
    D: III
    chin pointed, tip fleshy
    preopercle and lower jaw - patches of small pores