faint vertically elongated greyish blotch at caudal fin base. A thin black stripe from top of head to caudal fin origin along dorsal mid-line. A thin, faint black stripe from anus to caudal fin base along ventral midline. A row of black pigments parallel to this last stripe above anal fin base. A black blotch on nape. Fins hyaline with a black blotch at tip of last simple and first two branched dorsal rays, and a fainter blackish blotch at tip of last simple and first 3-4 branched anal rays. Live specimens. In the field (from turbid waters), slightly yellow with iridescent blue side and silvery eye and belly; fins translucent with blotch in dorsal fin variably developed. Aquarium specimens yellow
ish (males distinctly yellow) with iridescent bluish side and silvery-golden eye, opercle and belly; a glowing but not well defined golden lateral stripe along centre of body; unpaired fins yellowish with deep black blotch at tip of dorsal (Fig. 7).