Blue stripe extending obliquely from top lip through eye and curving to run along upper body to tail, second blue stripe running along mid body, red-brown back usually broken by pale bars, pale belly, second blue stripe on head curving below eye and hooking back in front of a yellow edged black spot on rear of operculum, dark spot at front of dorsal fin and a diffuse dark spot on tail base. Similar Coris dorsomacula (Pinklined Wrasse) distinguished by location (Pacific Ocean).

• Max Size: 20 cm
• Sea Temperature Range: 20.8-31.1°C
• Depth: 1-57 m
• Habitat: Coral Reef, Soft sediment
• Habitat Generalisation Index: 4
  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: Common (21% 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 (3 per transect)
  Abundance is calculated as the average number of individuals recorded per RLS transect, where present.