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  • D XIII, 38; A 37
    scales - dark margins
    chin - lateral ridges
    gill opening - broad tube
  • D X-XII, 30-33; A 28-32
    scales - dark edges
    belly - row dark dots
    gill opening - narrow tube
  • eyes - not tiny, on sides of head
    plain color
    thin lips
    chin - knob
    pectoral: 12
    A 41
    scales 19 radiating lines
  • snout square
    eye tiny, high
    plain color
    C pointed, dark
    lips fleshy, with large flanges
    A 36
    pectoral 10
    scales 24 radiating lines
  • snout blunt
    eye tiny, high
    plain color
    lips thick, with large flanges
    A 43-49
    pectoral 10-14
    scales 31 radiating lines
  • eyes tiny, high
    dense dark dots - upper body & head
    lips - fleshy, large flaps
    A 21-23
    pectoral 11
  • eye tiny, high
    plain color
    C pointed
    thick lips, with large folds
    chin round
    A 53-59
    pectoral: 12
    scales 37 radiating lines