Fine oblique yellow stripes across blue body, blue-edged black mask over eyes down to blue opercular spine, second dark blue-edged patch behind head, yellow tail and rear of dorsal fin, and black anal fin. Juveniles with blue concentric curved lines on dark body, the innermost of which forming a circle just in front of tail base. Length to 40 cm.

• Max Size: 40 cm
• Depth: 1-100m
• Habitat: Coral Reef, Rocky Reef

• Threats: Exploitation, Habitat degradation
• IUCN Threat Status: Least Concern
• Occurrence: Frequent (11% 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.