Brown above, with irregular blurred darker flecks on dorsum and dorsal tail. Large dark area between eyes and extending back to occipital region. A light cream patch dorsally on snout bordered by darker areas laterally. Head and trunk densely dusted with iridocytes; scattered dark melanocytes (dots), particularly at the lateral face. Orbital space anterior to eye unpigmented. Flanks darker than dorsum. Skin of venter mostly unpigmented and transparent, except for scattered iridocytes at anterior abdominal and gill areas. Inner organs visible through skin, especially a large orange liver and red gills. General color of tail similar to that of body, dark above and lighter on the sides. Black dots (melanocytes) scattered over tail, with some cells congregating in many small clusters along tail. Similarly, many small clusters of whitish to cream iridocytes distributed over tail. Pigmentation of tail extends onto tail fins.