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
• Habitat Generalisation Index: 22.3
  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: Common (36% 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.