Black stripes run under the yellow ones from the snout, over the lower part of the eye to the end of the caudal fin.

These fish require textured surfaces to maintain their position when exposed to marine conditions such as Ocean currents, swell and tides.

[2] E. evelynae also feeds on sponges, sea squirts, coral polyps, zooplankton and free-living copepods.

[5] Attempts to breed them in captivity have shown that they do not produce eggs unless conditions are optimal, with little to no fluctuation in temperature and salinity.

[6] The specific name honours Evelyn McCutcheon (1894–1977), of Salt Cay in the Bahamas, who provided hospitality to James Erwin Böhlke and his fellow ichthyologist Charles C. G.