Adults are quite colourful cichlids with an orange to pinkish-red head, a body often displaying greenish, bluish, pink and golden-orange, and a horizontal black bar (often patchy or mottled) at the base of the tail; the belly and mottling elsewhere on the body can also be black.
The description focuses on the distinctive colors and patterns found in adult cichlids, highlighting their vibrant orange to pinkish-red head, green, blue, pink, and golden-orange body with a horizontal black bar at the tail base. The belly and other areas of the body can also be black.