High silvery body, often black spots scattered over belly, convex head profile, developing large hump and a squarer body shape in adults than other batfishes. Black band through eye, second broad band over pectoral fin base, and a third at rear of body that fade with age. Juvenile (not shown) has intricate black and white banding, and long fins with uneven edges.

• Max Size: 65 cm
• Sea Temperature Range: 21.5-31.7°C
• Depth: 5-40m
• Habitat: Coral Reef, Rocky Reef
• Habitat Generalisation Index: 3.8
  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

• IUCN Threat Status: Not Evaluated
• Occurrence: Infrequent (5% 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.