Adults blue-grey with a vertical white bar on fore-body, blue margins on dorsal and anal fins and a red submargins, yellow tail and a patch of black containing blue spots on nape. Males with white pelvic fins and females with yellow. Juveniles orange with a blue bar on either side of the eye, a white bar behind head and a series of blue bars on sides. Observed undertaking cleaning activities, adults seen cleaning parasites off sharks.

• Max Size: 36 cm
• Sea Temperature Range: 20.8-30.3°C
• Depth: 1-80m
• Habitat: Coral Reef, Rocky Reef
• Habitat Generalisation Index: 30.8
  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

• Threats: Exploitation
• IUCN Threat Status: Least Concern
• Occurrence: Widespread (70% 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 (8 per transect)
  Abundance is calculated as the average number of individuals recorded per RLS transect, where present.