The specific name, peronii, is in honor of François Péron, a French naturalist and explorer.

[6] Dorsally, it is grayish, pale olive, or tan, with dark crossbands, which are narrower than the spaces between them and taper to a point on the sides of the belly.

Ventrally, it is uniform whitish or with a series of dark crossbars alternating with spots.

[4] H. peronii is found in the Gulf of Siam, Thailand,[7] Vietnam, the South China Sea, the coast of Guangdong and Strait of Taiwan, the Philippines, Indonesia, New Guinea, New Caledonia, the Coral Sea Islands, Papua New Guinea,[8] and Australia, (Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia, & possibly New South Wales).

[6] The preferred habitats of H. peronii are seas with sandy beds and coral reefs.