[1] The ocellated dorsal fin is the most attractive attribute.

The back is pale olive, becoming silvery toward the belly.

A fine, black line runs from the snout, across the eye to the end of the gill cover, then thickens to a wide band along the body, which suggests its common name, the half-banded pyrrulina.

[2] No record exists of breeding this species in captivity, but the feat is believed possible.

The species is not attractive enough to warrant a thorough and intensive effort at breeding, yet with the great contrast of breeding habits in this family it might be interesting to try to induce them to spawn in captivity.