[2] The overall colour of the body is brown but this is partially covered with closely set white spots which create reticulations which extend onto thee fins.

There are five black saddle like botches along the back, the first runs through the eye, the second is on the nape and the third to the fifth are along the dorsal part of the body.

[2] Pogonoperca ocellata is found in relatively deep water, at depths greater than 25 metres (82 ft) where there are coral and rocky reefs.

[3] Pogonoperca ocellata was first formally described in 1859 by the German-born British zoologist Albert Günther (1830-1914) with the type locality not given.

[6] Pogonoperca ocellata is not utilised commercially[1] but is occasionally caught by hand line fisheries in the Seychelles.