Variable in colour but most commonly grey front half of body and yellow/orange rear half. Other common colour forms are grey head and upper body grading to yellow towards rear with a white underside; yellowish-green head and fore-body grading to grey rear. All variations have dark eyes with silver irises, a pair of long straight cirri between, and a light pink arc behind and beneath each eye.

• Max Size: 11 cm
• Sea Temperature Range: 22.2-31.4°C
• Depth: 1-25m
• Habitat: Coral Reef
• Habitat Generalisation Index: 16.4
  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: Not Evaluated
• Occurrence: Common (20% 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: Several (5 per transect)
  Abundance is calculated as the average number of individuals recorded per RLS transect, where present.