El kifin mai-wutsiya uku wannan ƙananan kifi ne, game da santimita 20, jikin matacce kuma mai manyan idanu. Operculum yana da dunƙulen leda guda uku kuma an ƙara amfani da preopercle a ƙarshe. Akwai tsakanin sikeli 36 zuwa 39, na girman girma akan layin gefe, wanda aka kammala kuma ya ƙare inda jelar ta fara.
Ban da fannoni, dukkan fincinan suna da girma dangane da jiki, Tunda fin din din yana da radiyo na uku na spiny wanda ya fi sauran girma, kuma ƙashin ƙugu yana da tsayi sosai, musamman a cikin maza.
Wutsiyar ta ƙunshi ƙwayoyi masu alamar gaske, ƙananan sun fi na sama girma. Launi na wutsiyoyi guda uku tsakanin ruwan hoda ne da lemu, kuma yana da bangarori masu launin rawaya guda uku daban-daban a kowane gefen kai, na farkon ya tsallake idanun kifin kuma sauran biyun suna kasa. A cikin maza, ƙwanƙolin ƙashin ƙugu ya zama rawaya, kuma suna yin ja yayin zafi.
Jinsunan kifin mai-wutsiya uku yana rayuwa a kan murjani, tsakanin 20 zuwa fiye da 50 m zurfin, kodayake lokaci-lokaci ana iya samun shi a 200. An haɗu da shi a bankunan masu saurin canzawa. Kusa da farfajiyar kuma yana zaune a cikin kogo ko ramuka na wani mahaɗan. Ayyukanta sun fi yawa a cikin dare fiye da tsakiyar rana. Yana ciyarwa akan zooplankton, dabbobin epibenthic, da ƙananan kifi.
Yana da nau'ikan halittar hermaphrodite mai kariya. Da alama akwai wasu matsayi tsakanin maza, aƙalla a cikin lokacin ɓatancin haihuwa, lokacin da faɗa ko akasin haka ya zama ruwan dare tsakanin su. Yana hayayyafa a lokacin rani kuma ƙwai planktonic ne.