The Spanish Flag Snapper has a somewhat pointed snout and dorsal profile of head is steeply sloped. This snapper are generally blue-gray on upper side, grading to white or yellow white ventrally with a series of eight or nine or orange or yellow stripes on the sides. The fins are yellowish; as for the pectoral fins have a distinct black spot at the base of uppermost rays and axil. Can grow up to a length of 40 cm. Lives in turbid coastal waters and coral reefs. Minor commercialized.