Thin red stripe running back from mouth, vertical bar with pale blue margin extending through eye, dark rounded patch on rear belly, and rows of small black spines along tail base. Like other Rhinecanthus species, difficult to closely approach as quickly retreats into holes.

• Max Size: 23 cm
• Sea Temperature Range: 18.4-31.9°C
• Depth: 1-20m
• Habitat: Coral Reef

• IUCN Threat Status: Not Evaluated
• Occurrence: Rare (1% 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: Solitary (1 per transect)
  Abundance is calculated as the average number of individuals recorded per RLS transect, where present.