Distinguished by the combination of the following features: no predorsal scales anterior extension of body scales along the side of the nape from half-way between the eye and the shoulder spot in juveniles to just behind the eye in adults; body light brown with orange spots or stripes on the head, a dark greyish orange shoulder spot above pectoral fin base, and scale pockets strongly outlined with dark brown chromatophores with an orange spot at the junction between adjacent pockets in the same longitudinal row (Ref. 51083).

Description: Characterized further by the longitudinal scale series 23-24; cheeks and opercle without scales; depth of body about 3.5 in SL (Ref. 90102).