One of the largest and most colourful species found along the southern Western Australian coast. It has long arms, a reddish brown colour and black spots regularly arranged over the upper surface, although the base colour and size and density of the spots are highly variable. The species is occasionally seen by divers but is not common.

• Max Size: 22 cm
• Sea Temperature Range: 16.1-23.1°C
• Depth: 1-50m
• Habitat: Rocky Reef, Seagrass

• 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.