Kentrocapros rosapinto

Kentrocapros rosapinto has 10 or 11 soft rays in its dorsal fin and in its anal fin, while the pectoral fins have between 11 and 13 and the caudal fin has 11, 9 of which are branched. The males have a concex dorsal profile to the snout while that of females is concave or straight. The carapace is flattened between the upper ridges and between the lower ridges. The three redges on each side are sharp but do not bear spines. Males have a yellow-brown upper carapace, a yellow stripe along the middle of the flanks with blue plates on the flanks, a blue snout. Females are paler and greyer and have spots above the bases of the pectoral fins and on the caudal peduncle. Both sexes have red fleshy lips.^[6] This species has a maximum published standard length of 14.3 cm (5.6 in).^[2]

Kentrocapros rosapinto is found in the Western Indian Ocean where it has been recorded from southeastern Africa between the Bazaruto Islands in Mozambique to KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa, Madagascar, the Seychelles, Mauritius, the Saya de Malha Bank and Walters Shoals.^[6] In 1997 a specimen was collected in the southeastern Atlantic from the Vema Seamount.^[7] This is a demersal fish found at depths between 125 and 250 nm (4.9×10⁻⁶ and 9.8×10⁻⁶ in).^[2]