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  • snout short
    no notch behind head
    D: 34-36, female + ocellus
    male D - slightly raised, blue-grey
    teeth at front roof of mouth
    tongue short
    pectoral 13
  • 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
  • D: 33-38, male - black sail + orange bars; female - ocellus
    center roof mouth with teeth
    tongue short
    pectoral 12-13
  • very elongate, tapering
    eye cirrus: 1, flat
    spines under eye
    D: 1st spine long