Scattering of blue spots on upper head, and yellow spots on lower head and jaw. Four small cirri on front of head between eyes, with yellow bases. Body brown with a row of diamond shaped white markings along upper sides, and a row of round spots along lower sides. Inhabits empty mollusc and worm holes in the reef, where it sits with only its head poking out.

• Max Size: 6 cm
• Sea Temperature Range: 20.8-26.3°C
• Depth: 1-23m
• Habitat: Coral Reef, Rocky Reef

• Threats: Climate change/warming, Habitat degradation
• IUCN Threat Status: Vulnerable
• Occurrence: Widespread (50% 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.