Males purplish with an orange lower head, chest and body, broad pale bands on rear of body and tail base, a blue-green spot behind eye, blue lines on lips, orange stripes on dorsal and anal fins and a blue-green tail fin. Females dusky with a dark purplish stripe from eye along mid-body containing four with blotches. Juveniles white with three black stripes along body. Endemic to Brazil.

• Max Size: 34 cm
• Sea Temperature Range: 24.6-28.1°C
• Depth: 1-60m
• Habitat: Coral Reef, Rocky Reef

• Threats: Exploitation, Habitat degradation
• IUCN Threat Status: Data Deficient
• Occurrence: Widespread (80% 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: Several (7 per transect)
  Abundance is calculated as the average number of individuals recorded per RLS transect, where present.