Description: Depth of body 3.6 times in total length, length of head 4.5 times in total length (Ref. 1878). Caudal peduncle 3 times as long as adeep, a little shorter than head (Ref. 1878). Head nearly as long as deep, with curved upper profile; snout 2/7 length of head; chin with a globular dermal appendage; teeth bicuspid, 5 in upper jaw, 6 in lower jaw; eye smell, half length of snout, 2/5 interorbital width (Ref. 1878). Dorsal fin with 21-24 rays, originating above 10th ray of anal fin, its length 2.5 times in its distance from head; anal fin with 28-31 rays, equally distant from base of pelvic fin and from base of caudal fin; pectoral fin obtusely pointed, 3/4 length of head, twice length of pelvic fin, reaching a little beyond base of latter; caudal fin with obtusely pointed lobes (Ref. 1878). Scales in lateral line 62-65, scales around caudal peduncle 12 (Ref. 1878).

Colouration: Silvery, brownish on the back; a dark brown vertical bar on the body below origin of dorsal fin (Ref. 1878).