 As they mature, the bands fade and become indistinct and the overall colour shifts to a silvery blue above and whitish below.In adults, the bars are completely absent and the dorsal colour is a silvery olive to blue green, fading to silvery white below.In juveniles, the fins are pale grey to yellow with darker edges, becoming darker overall in adulthood, with the anal and caudal fins yellow to black and the second dorsal fin olive to black.