Mostly brown to olive brown dorsally. Head and trunk lack a well-defined pattern, showing diffuse darker and lighter areas dotted with scattered black melanocytes. In lateral view, the lower face of the head and lower flanks may have irregular dark markings. Horizontal dashes of silver iridocytes are abundant over this background. Ventral skin transparent, with few scattered iridocytes; gills and gut coil visible. Body color continues onto the dorsal tail. Clusters of well-defined black dots form irregular flecks along the sides of the tail, including the fins, less so in the proximal lower fin; pattern may be accentuated in posterior third of tail. Vermiculate melanocytes are visible at high magnification, particularly in the proximal upper fin. Tail and tail fins also bear scattered clusters of pale, shiny iridocytes.