The caudal fin is slightly emarginate, It has a complete and continuous lateral line.

[2] In colour it is silvery white to greyish-brown, fading towards the belly, the anterior part of the head is blackish with whitish lips.

The second dorsal fin has a white margin and a sizeable, circular black blotch to the front.

Smaller fishes show a number of ill-defined dark stripes on their flanks and a large black spot on the base of the tail.

[3] The maximum recorded standard length is 20 centimetres (7.9 in)[1] Banjos banjos is found in the Indo-West Pacific region from the south eastern Indian Ocean off Western Australia through Indonesia and the South China Sea to Japan.