Female with yellow head gradating to an iridescent blue tail, thin iridescent blue lines along body, and small black spot at the rear of the dorsal and anal fin, often difficult to see. Juveniles and females join groups of mixed wrasses. Males very infrequently seen, and have wide blue stripes on the face and yellow/green body with dark edges and tail. Length to 24 cm.

• Max Size: 24 cm
• Sea Temperature Range: 19.1-27.9°C
• Depth: 1-30m
• Habitat: Coral Reef, Rocky Reef
• Habitat Generalisation Index: 14.6
  Also referred to as the SGI (Species generalisation index), this describes the habitat niche breadth of the species. Species with values less than 15 are found in a relatively narrow range of reef habitat types (specialists), while those over 25 may be found on most hard substrates within their range (generalists). Learn more here

• IUCN Threat Status: Least Concern
• Occurrence: Frequent (15% 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: Few (4 per transect)
  Abundance is calculated as the average number of individuals recorded per RLS transect, where present.