Body greenish. An orange to pink horizontal stripe begins from gill cover to tail.
A yellow patch around pectoral fin base.
A purple to pink horizontal stripe along dorsal fin base.
Face green with purple- pink markings.
Initial phase:
Body whitish, sometimes reddish.
A yellow to orange horizontal stripe runs from snout to caudal fin base, ending with a black dot. An orange horizontal stripe begins from nape, underlines the dorsal fin base and reaches the upper part of caudal peduncle.