Silvery body with a horizontal yellow or yellowish brown stripe from the eye to the (yellow) tail, and a few narrower yellow stripes on the belly. There is a small gap between the eye and the lip.

Unassessed by the IUCN Red list. Fairly common species of snapper in the Indo-Pacific.

Red Sea and East Africa to the Solomon islands, from Japan to Australia. They can be found on reed edges, coastal reefs and slopes, in a depth range of 0-96 meters.

Oviparous breeding.