SIZE: to 27 cm (10 3/4 in.)
DISTINCTIVE FEATURES: Green and orange/pink lines on the face and head. Light greenish blue body, each scale with a dark blue bar. Yellow spot below front of dorsal fin.
Both TP and IP individuals have green and orange/pink lines on the face and head. The back half of the body in both phases is light greenish blue and each scale has a dark blue bar, giving the fish a distinctly “checkerboarded” look, but this is not very obvious. A distinctive key for this species is the yellow blotches just under the dorsal fin, you can think of these as checkers.