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  • oblong, deep
    mottled brown
    D & A: large round soft lobes of = 2 extra "tails"
  • body oblong
    D XI
    behind eye: 2 oblique stripes
    opercle: 3 spines, blotch between top 2
    lower edge preopercle - spines point forward
  • brown-green
    D X, adult - 2nd & 3rd spines long, 2nd >3rd
    juv: green + pale spots & C dark/pale
    rear nostril larger, an inverted tear drop
    24-27 gill rakers
  • dark brown, sometimes + rows pale spots
    D: XI, adult - 2nd spine elongate
    juvenile - white spots + dark/yellow tail
    rear nostril vertically elongate, 2-5 times > front nostril
    gill rakers 8-9 + 15-17