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  • D dark front, 1st spine long, XIX
    body 6 bars; flank: series rows of dots
    wide space between nape cirri
    behind chin 4-7 pores
    D XIX
    A: 19
    LL 50-51
    scales before D & on pectoral base
  • male: rear back - 3 black blotches + white dots
    female: yellowish, diffuse bars, many white dots
    D XX
    behind chin 1-2 pores
    A 20
    LL 52-58
    scales before D, not on pectoral base
  • female: many irregular blotches
    operculum: white-edged dark oval
    male: rear back - 3 black blotches
    behind chin 2 pores
    pectoral 15
    A 20-23; LL 51-56
    belly & flank scales same size
    scales before D & on pectoral base
  • behind eye: 2 dark spots
    throat & belly spotted
    border front D: dark blotch
    behind chin 7-11 pores
    A 22
    LL 54-58
    scales before D, not on pectoral base
  • just behind eye - black spot
    lower head & body: many dark spots
    A 18-20
    LL 53-61
    male: scales on breast
    no scales on nape, +/- on pectoral base