The yellow-tailed spotted saw-tail crane has a maximum body length of 60cm. The main food of the yellow-tailed spotted sawtail crane is algae. The yellow-tailed spotted sawtail crane likes to live in a shallow coral reef area, and the water depth is about 5 meters to 35 meters.

The yellow-tail spotted saw-tail crane can be used To describe in one sentence, it is a large head, a pointed snout, a small mouth cleft, and the upper and lower jaws are of equal length. There is not much difference between adult and juvenile yellow-tailed spotted sawtails. The color of adult yellow-tailed spotted sawtails is uniformly dark gray, while juveniles of yellow-tailed spotted sawtails are gray-blue.