Body brown, with black and white blotches on the sides.
Pelvic fins are fan-like.
Appears to have ‘legs’, which are actually the pelvic spine and first pelvic ray fused into an elongated rod.
In males, first dorsal fin possesses elongated filamentous rays and a blue spot between first and second rays. In females, first dorsal fin rays are shorter and there is a horizontally elongated black spot on the posterior side of first dorsal fin.
Females are similar to another local species, Orange-black dragonet, but the two are readily distinguishable by the longer first dorsal fin and shorter fin rays in Orange-black dragonet.
