Marine; reef-associated; oceanodromous ; depth range 0 - 15 m . Tropical; 36°N - 39°S, 26°E - 143°W

Maturity: Lm 12.0  range ? - ? cm Max length : 20.0 cm TL male/unsexed;

Dorsal spines (total): 13; Dorsal soft rays (total): 12 - 14; Anal spines: 2; Anal soft rays: 11 - 13. This species is characterized by having the following features: body depth 1.5-1.8 in SL; forked caudal fin; colour of body blue-green dorsally, shading to silvery white ventrally; five broad bluish black bars the first just behind the head, the narrow fifth on caudal peduncle, the third to fifth extending into the dorsal fin; dorsal part of body between the first and third dark bars often yellow (yellowish hue on anterodorsal part of the body apparent especially during courtship and nesting); caudal fin without dark bands ( Ref. 11441, 90102).