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  • large eye
    C: black + white bar
    purple blotch over anus
  • in mouth yellow
    belly: yellow blotch
    preopercular spur: 4-6 spines, central 2 large & diverging
    pelvics dark
    A yellow
  • pink blotch over origin A
    C top edge red, bottom white, rows orange spots
    preopercle spur: square, not deep, 5-8 spines
    cheek 10-14 rows scales
    gill rakers 15-24
  • short snout
    large eyes
    body - 6 bars, 2nd with dark blotch on LL
    C concave
    opercle - large dark blotch
    lower gill rakers 16