Preserved color pattern: See Figure 2 C & D. Holotype with a broad darkish cheek mark, three short darkish post-ocular marks, small darkish posttemporal mark, no snout stripes; lips and gular area uniform; body with six variably darkish bars, anterior bar from origin of first three dorsal spines extending behind pectoral fine onto side of abdomen, second bar fainter on side from below pored lateral-line scales, third bar from below posterior portion of second-dorsal fin to mid-anal fin, three bars on caudal peduncle; first-dorsal fin with darkish area between spines 3 – 5, anteriorly pale below darkish area, last two spine membranes dusky to base; darkish stripe in lower third of second-dorsal fin; no stripe in anal fin but with some spotting; pelvic fin with darkish markings; pectoral fin pale, small dark spot above axil; caudal fin with tiny melanophores on rays, membranes pale; peritoneum, intestine and stomach pale. Paratypes similar to holotype, several without visible second bar, several without faint caudal peduncle bars, one without small spot above axil of pectoral fin.
Sumber: Cardinalfish of the genus Apogonichthyoides Smith, 1949 (Apogonidae) with a description of a new species from the West-Pacific region