Characteristics

Description

• Body solid red to pink.
• Red bars present in juveniles are largely to completely faded.

• Body white with three dark red bars.
• The first bar begins from nape, crosses through the eye and reaches the mouth. The second bar starts from the anterior of the dorsal fin to
• The third bar begins from the posterior of the dorsal fin and reaches caudal fin lower lobe.
• The upper lobe of the caudal fin is also marked with a short, red bar.
• The three red bars fade with age as the entire fish becomes almost uniform in body colour.