Sandy brown to mid-brown dorsally, with irregular, blurred marbling; densely dusted with iridocytes above. At high magnification, vermiculate melanocytes are visible dorsally. One or two dark blotches mark the trunk-tail junction dorsally. Flanks darker than the dorsum, marbled. Three diffuse dark areas present on the sides of the head: a dark streak from the eye to the oral disc, a dark patch below the eye, and one posterior to the eye. On the lower head and lower flanks, dense iridocytes break up into irregular, cloudy patches. Ventral skin mostly unpigmented and transparent, bearing scattered iridocytes in the gill and abdominal regions; gills and gut coil visible. Body coloration continues onto the dorsal surface of the tail and fades distally. A distinct series of more or less sharply defined dark blotches marks the lateral side of the muscular portion of the tail. Numerous distinct rosette-like white clusters of iridocytes cover the tail and tail fins.