Thick lips, pink scribbles around eye. Males green with dark rear scale margins and light sub-margins, and an enclosed patch behind eye. Females and juveniles with a two tone body, head and fore body silver, divided by an oblique white bar from a black rear body with light vertical streaks on scales, dark patch behind eye and juveniles with a yellow tail.

• Max Size: 90 cm
• Sea Temperature Range: 19.1-31.2°C
• Depth: 1-30 m
• Habitat: Coral Reef, Rocky Reef

• IUCN Threat Status: Least Concern
• Occurrence: Common (35% 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.