Coloration (Preserved). Silvery, white, red, and green coloration usually disappears. Dorsum dark brown to dark gray; ventral areas lighter. All dark pigment in fins, body bars and caudal blotch turns dark brown to black. Dark, thin horizontal stripe occasionally appears midlaterally, from behind opercle to caudal base. Dark pigment of caudal blotch occasionally fades away, revealing last bar and caudal spot underneath.