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  • snout short, wide
    notch on nape
    D: 28-30, large sail in male, ocellus in female
    dark stripe + dark bars
    center roof mouth no teeth
    tongue short
    pectoral: 14
  • dark spot behind eye
    side of head: 2 rows of 3 dark blotches
    flank: row of 9 dark blotches
    D: XVII, 34-38; female + ocellus
    male D - slightly raised, blue-grey
    teeth at front roof of mouth
    throat membranes: black & blue
    pectoral 13
    A II, 35-38
  • D: 33-38, male - black sail + orange bars; female - ocellus
    center roof mouth with teeth
    tongue short
    pectoral 12-13
  • 1 short eye cirrus
    Male: black head; operculum- white dots
    body: 3 rows dark blotches
    male D: front - white before black
  • very elongate, tapering
    eye cirrus: 1, flat
    spines under eye
    D: 1st spine long