Zoramia perlita (Fraser & Lachner 1985)

Description: Characterized by semi-transparent with silvery blue reflections; yellow belly; last dorsal fin ray with small white spot below; base of anal fin with blackish patch above; adult males sometimes with yellow lips and yellowish bar behind eye; sometimes with dusky area on caudal fin base; variety from western Sumatra and East Andaman Sea, generally paler, lacks dusky area on caudal fin and dark patch above base of anal fin (Ref. 90102).

Mouthbrooders (Ref. 240). Distinct pairing during courtship and spawning (Ref. 205).

Dorsal spines (total): 7; Dorsal soft rays (total): 9; Analspines: 2; Analsoft rays: 9

Coastal, often silty reefs or shallow lagoons, forming schools just above branching corals (Ref. 48635).