Characteristics

Description

Terminal phase:

• Body bluish and orange-yellow, with orange- yellow scale edges. In larger individuals, anterior body may be orange.
• Fins orange-yellow with blue margins.
• A humped. large bump on forehead.

Initial phase:

• Body brown, ventrally paler.
• All fins except pectoral fins possess blue margins.

Juvenile phase:

• Body brown with 2 – 3 vertical pale bars.