It is typically found in the tropical Indo-Pacific, from Eastern Africa to Micronesia, in the top or slope of reefs.

in length, and feeds on a multitude of invertebrates as gastropods and small crustaceans by engulfing their prey whole.

The body's margin is ornated with bands: the inner is wide and orange, the middle is narrow and pink and outer is a dark burgundy rim.

[1] Some of the larger specimens can have a narrow pink median line, starting close to the cerebral eyespots and ending before the posterior margin.

The cerebral cluster consists of about 200 eyespots, presence of a long pharynx with simple folds.