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  • brown + pale blotches head & front body
    LL pores in white blotches
    gill opening in black patch
  • mouth ends under eye
    pale + dense dark dots
    tail tip = hard finless point
    upper lips not joined at front
    front nostrils not in lips
    pectoral > eye
  • dark brown
    front LL pores in white rings
    gill opening in black spot
  • tan
    LL pores unpigmented
    gill opening in dark spot
  • mouth ends under center eye
    body & head: dense tiny black dots
    tail tip with small C
    upper lips joined
    front nostrils in lips
    pectoral < < eye