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  • head & back: small dark spots
    juvenile: 6 dark bars + edge operculum dark
    lips: inner papillae
    inside mouth plain
    gill rakers 28-33
  • head - dark dots
    body - dark spots & blotches
    juveniles: black spot/ocellus on D
    lips: no inner papillae
    male: black Vs inside lower jaw
    gill rakers: 41-49