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  • grey
    flank: row 8-10 dark spots
    white spots: head, body & C
    no head barbels
  • mid-snout: 1 papilla
    female: body & Ds: ~ 8 dark & white bars
    male:dark, D - white border
    chin: 2 barbels
    2-3 bars under eye
    scales: 0-4 behind pectoral + 2 on C base
  • body dark + ~ 7 thin pale bars
    head & body pale spots
    D1 male: 1st spine long
    D2 12-13
    Ds- stripes/rows black & white spots
    head without barbels
  • dark bars: top head 2, body 7-10
    D: 2 stripes
    C base: bar
    barbels: chin 2, front nostril 1
    pectoral base: 2 spots
  • head depressed, white dots
    D1 VII
    body ~ 6 dark bars
    C: oval, black bar at base
    lower opercle - black spot
    pelvics separate
    belly - 2 cream bars