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  • groove: nape to eye; eye: 1 many-branched cirrus
    D: no notch, black blotch at front
    mottled, saddles on back; A: dark outer line
    no canines
    gill opening - side only
  • eye: 1 bushy cirrus
    head: orange dots
    D: deep notch, front - black spot
    both jaws - rear canine
    gill opening at side only
    male: grey, orange spots upper body
    female: 6 dark blotches + orange spots
  • nape: warts, side groove to eye
    eye: tuft small cirri
    lower head: dark & light bars
    body: wavy dark bars
    D: shallow notch
    no canines
  • eye: 1 short branched cirrus
    dark bar behind eye
    front D - elongate dark blotch
    back - dark + network pale spots
    D & A join C
    no canines
  • eye cirrus - 1 bushy
    groove: nape to eye
    D: almost no notch
    back: 6-7 dark saddles
    eye: brown blotch + blue spot behind, 3-4 bars under
    no canines
  • 1 eye cirrus with 0-6 side branches
    dark spots on snout, head with orange marks
    D distinctly notched, soft part higher
    no canines
    LL ends under last D ray
  • eye: 1 cirrus long, branched
    D: high, origin over preopercle, no notch
    large dark blotch behind eye
    no canines
    lower body: many thin wavy dark bars