It has rough, tessellated bark on the trunk and larger branches, lance-shaped adult leaves, flower buds in groups of seven, creamy white flowers with a red centre, and urn-shaped to barrel-shaped fruit.

Corymbia rhodops is a tree that typically grows to a height of 15 metres (49 ft) and forms a lignotuber.

[4][5][6] The red-throated bloodwood was first formally described in 1987 by Denis John Carr and Stella Grace Maisie Carr who gave it the name Eucalyptus rhodops and published the description in their book Eucalyptus II - The rubber cuticle, and other studies of the Corymbosae.

[4][5] Corymbia rhodops was listed as vulnerable under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 in 2008.

[1] The plant has a limited range but the main identified threat to the tree is the destruction of habitat due to mining activity.