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  • snout: 2 smooth ridges
    eye cirrus - several branches
    male: dark, white back, dense brown spots; D (no flaps) blue lines + white spots
    female D: 1st spine long, large ocellus + orange spots
    A 23-24
  • 1 short eye cirrus
    Male: black head; operculum- white dots
    body: 3 rows dark blotches
    male D: front - white before black
  • snout: 2 smooth ridges
    male: black + red eye & cirri; D black & blue, 1 small flap on 1st spine
    female: D spines low & even; rows brown blotches on flank & A base
    A 21-24
  • snout: 2 ridges with tubercles
    male: head black, eye red, D - black, orange & blue, 1st spine - 3-5 skin flaps
    female: D- 1st 3 spines long, then notch; pale, white flecks, brown spots
    A 21-23
  • Eye cirrus long, black in male
    nostril cirrus small or absent
    male: 1st D spine - large flap at base
    male: blue grey with white spots and marks