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背棘 (總數) : 7; 背的軟條 (總數) : 10 - 11; 臀棘: 1; 臀鰭軟條: 9 - 11; 脊椎骨: 26. Color highly variable, brownish on upper half, grading to white below; dark brown scale margins forming honeycomb pattern and midlateral row of double dark brown spots forming rectangular markings (Ref. 90102); segmented and non branching caudal rays 3 (rarely 2), branching 14 (rarely 15). Predorsal cycloid scales 7-10, trunk ctenoid. Few with no black spots on nape. Isthmus narrow, scaled forward to vertical at posterior part of preoperculum. 2 diagonal, dusky lines on operculum; an inverted U-shaped spot prominent at the distal end of upper jaw. Pectoral fin with small dusky spots; 2 longitudinal lines on pectoral base spreading onto it fin rays. Sexual dimorphism exhibited in anal, pelvic and 2nd dorsal fin (Ref. 420). Body shape (shape guide): fusiform / normal; Cross section: circular. 彩色高變異的。 片段了與非分枝的尾部鰭條 3(很少地 2) ，分岐 14.(很少地 15) 前背的圓形鱗片 7-10, 軀幹有櫛鱗的。 在後頸上很少沒有黑色的斑點。 峽部狹窄的, 覆有鱗片的向前到垂直的在前鰓蓋骨的較後面的部分。 在鰓蓋上的 2條斜又暗色的線; 一個被反轉的 U 形的斑點突出的在上頜的末端。 胸鰭有小的暗色斑點; 在它之上傳佈鰭條的胸鰭基底上的 2條縱向的線。 性的同種二形在臀鰭、腹鰭與第二背鰭鰭展現了。
A common species that inhabits areas of coralline sand of clear lagoon and seaward reefs (Ref. 9710, 48637). Found singly. Minimum depth from Ref. 58018.
Genital papilla of male sometimes darkly pigmented and reaching to side of anal spine. Female genital papilla truncate, ending well before origin of anal fin. 印度-西太平洋: 紅海到美屬薩摩亞,北至台灣, 南至羅得豪島。
