Description: Dorsal fin XII,12-13 (usually 13), with deep notched between spinous and segmented-ray portions; anal fin II,14-15 (usually 15); pectoral rays 12-14 (usually 13); pelvic I,3; caudal fin 13. Vertebrae 10 + 20-22 (usually 21). Incisors and canines look very similar, 39-44; posterior canines one on each side; posterior canines usually one on each side. Lateral line without pores, terminates below dorsal-fin spines between 9-11. Anterior nostril with cirrus on posterior rim only. Head pinstripes whitish or yellow, three, parallel, short; head pinkish to brownish and paler below the pinstripes; without markings on ventral surface and opercle margin. Body overall grey, darker dorsally, either with black narrow stripes and faint gray bands; or with two orange to brownish broad stripes interrupted by 8-9 broadly interspaced intensely dark bands below the dorsal fin spinous and segmented-rays portion (Ref. 5296, 90102). Body depth 4.5-5.5 in SL, at origin of anal-fin (Ref. 90102).