Description: Bluish green above, silvery white below; small dark blotches on back between bases of dorsal rays (Ref. 3197). LL with 23-30 scutes. Characterized by a series of small black rectangular spots at base of soft dorsal fin and dark anal fin (Ref. 37816). With diffuse brown blotch posteriorly on opercle, and yellowish upper caudal fin lobe (Ref. 90102). No filament on anal fin (Ref. 48635). Body nearly ovate, strongly compressed; nape slightly elevated, almost straight in profile. Breast scaleless ventrally only to origin of pelvic fins. Both jaws with bands of small teeth, widest anteriorly; upper jaw also with irregular outer series of moderately large teeth. (Ref. 90102)