Description
Highly compressed body with small mouth and spatulate close set teeth. A continuous unnotched dorsal fin with 9 spines and 25-27 soft rays. A whitish band across the base of caudal fin, dorsal and anal fin brownish yellow with 4 longitudinal blue bands and a blue grey band at base
Size
Maximum length: 41.2 cm (TL), common length: 20-30 cm (TL)
Diet
Feed on benthic algae, filamentous algae and hydroids
Utilization
Locally consumed fresh and used as an aquarium fish
Gears
Gillnet, hook and line