Scientific Name
Macropharyngodon ornatus
Common Name
False leopard
Biology
Dorsal
soft rays
(total): 11;
Anal
soft rays: 11. Brown to greenish with pearly to metallic-green spots along scale rows (Ref. 48636). Females reddish anteriorly, shading to blackish posteriorly, with greenish yellow spots edged in blue and black (1 per scale) on body and similar spots and irregular bands on head. Males similar in colour to females, with no black humeral spot (Ref 9823).