Complex sentence: The body color is white with a black to dark brown stripe (dash) reaching from the upper lip through the eye and along the body, followed by a black spot (dot) at the base of the caudal fin.
Split into simpler sentences: The body color is white with a black to dark brown stripe (dash) reaching from the upper lip through the eye and along the body. Followed by a black spot (dot) at the base of the caudal fin.