[2] This small fish is associated with rocky reefs and kelp forests.

[2] It is blue-black in color with small black spots towards the tail.

The fish lives at depths up to 46 metres (151 ft), usually close to the sea floor, over rocks, or on slopes.

[citation needed] When it feels that it is starting to deteriorate in hygiene it will turn until it is perpendicular to the ground, allowing the señorita to clean it.

[citation needed] The male cleans a nesting site, then herds a female to it.