Eyes close set (about one eye diameter apart), dark-edged blue and gold spots cover body, large peacock spot on midline two-thirds distance along back; males with long pectoral fin filaments extending to tail base. Turn pale on light-coloured backgrounds, such as the illustrated juvenile that, unusually, was sitting on live coral. Differs from B. mancus (Flowery Flounder) in having smaller golden spots, eye tentacles, and smaller maximum size.

• Max Size: 39 cm
• Sea Temperature Range: 22.8-32.1°C
• Depth: 3-150m
• Habitat: Soft sediment

• IUCN Threat Status: Not Evaluated
• Occurrence: Infrequent (1% of sites)
  Occurrence describes how often the species is found on surveys within its distribution. It is calculated as the % of reef sites surveyed by RLS divers across all the ecoregions in which the species has been observed
• Abundance: Solitary (1 per transect)
  Abundance is calculated as the average number of individuals recorded per RLS transect, where present.