Males reddish with evenly spaced green spots in rows along body, elongated green spots on face, and a yellow and black mark on rear of operculum. Females white with irregular black blotches on body and orange spots on fins. Juveniles mottled with a small ocellus on rear of dorsal and anal fins, have peculiar drifting swimming style, appearing as pieces of weed.

• Max Size: 15 cm
• Sea Temperature Range: 19.1-30.4°C
• Depth: 0-30 m
• Habitat: Coral Reef
• Habitat Generalisation Index: 19.2
  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: Frequent (18% 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 (2 per transect)
  Abundance is calculated as the average number of individuals recorded per RLS transect, where present.