Males green with pale belly, broken red stripes along body, red lines on face, one of which curves in a circle below eye, sub-adults with dark brown streak along side. Females and juveniles brown with white dashes forming lines along body, short dark bar behind eye, pale belly with yellow blotch behind pectoral fin, and translucent spotted tail and anal fins. Ring on cheek of males distinguishes it from similarly marked species.

• Max Size: 12 cm
• Sea Temperature Range: 20.3-30.3°C
• Depth: 1-10m
• Habitat: Coral Reef, Rocky Reef
• Habitat Generalisation Index: 2.1
  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: Infrequent (9% 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: Many (28 per transect)
  Abundance is calculated as the average number of individuals recorded per RLS transect, where present.