Color in alcohol. All yellow, lavender and
pink colors faded. Ground color of head and
body light grayish brown ventrally.
Color when alive. Similar color when fresh,
except as follows: opercle and belly pinkish; 4
narrow lavender blue transverse bands on head,
first of which on snout to upper lip; 7 saddles on
head and body, similar marking on ventral part of
caudal peduncle, and ground color of pelvic fins
and anal fin are lavender blue. Variations found
in body color (KPM-NR 21786 and 21787) as
follows: dorsal half of head and body grayish
olive green; ventral half of body except belly,
base of dorsal fins; caudal fin light yellow green.