Description: Characterized by having generally orange color with lavender margined orange band from snout to lower rear edge of operculum; dorsal fin red; caudal fin yellow with broad pinkish streak along upper and lower margins; greatest depth of body 2.5-3.0 in SL; presence of fleshy protuberance at front of upper lip in male; without prolonged dorsal spines; lunate caudal fin, filamentous lobes; elongate filament in pelvic fins in male (Ref. 90102).