Species: Diplectrum rostrum, Barsnout sand-perch, Bridled sand-perch, Narrowspur sand-perch

Brown above, whitish below; body with 5-7 faint blackish bars, faint lines of yellow spots along side;  2 yellow bars under eye, running obliquely down and forwards to mouth, a yellow blotch under eye; indistinct yellow lines & spots across preopercle; eye with a  partial yellow ring; dorsal fin blue-white, spinous dorsal with a yellow stripe above the base, outer parts of spines dark; soft dorsal with  a yellow stripe above its base, a line of yellow spots above that and a yellow margin; an elongate yellow blotch on side above front of anal fin; anal fin whitish, with central yellow stripe; pelvics white, with yellow rays;  a large blackish blotch at base of tail fin;top of tail base with 2 black spots; tail fin grey with rows of orange spots.