Broad iridescent blue stripe from snout to either mid body or tail with thin dark yellow/brown stripe above from tail base to behind gill cover. Black stripes along upper and lower tail lobes, dark crosshatched scale pattern on upper body, pinkish belly and a black spot at pectoral fin base. Belly and entire body below lateral line can rapidly to red, usually in this form at night but sometimes seen during daylight hours.

• Max Size: 30 cm
• Sea Temperature Range: 23.4-31.3°C
• Depth: 1-60m
• Habitat: Coral Reef
• Habitat Generalisation Index: 15.8
  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: Frequent (16% 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: Large aggregations (106 per transect)
  Abundance is calculated as the average number of individuals recorded per RLS transect, where present.