White with two dark stripes along upper body, a yellow stripe along mid body and a series of short, vertical orange bands on lower body, each with a dark spot at the top, often with less distinct orange blotches between. Lower head and throat with dark spots and lines, tail base with two dark spots on upper and lower edges and four smaller dark spots aligned vertically at the very base of fin. Usually found over rubble or seagrass areas in the immediate vicinity of reefs.

• Max Size: 12 cm
• Sea Temperature Range: 24.6-30.4°C
• Depth: 1-80m
• Habitat: Coral Reef, Rocky Reef, Seagrass

• Threats: Invasive species
• IUCN Threat Status: Not Evaluated
• Occurrence: Infrequent (2% 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.