Body elongate, compressed, and not very deep (depth contained 2.6 to 3.0 times in standard length); mouth small and terminal , its posterior end located at the same level as the anterior rim of the eye; first gill arch with 16 gill rakers; dorsal slightly stronger than third but almost equal in length; scale series above lateral line oblique; body blue gray; each scale bearing a pearly gray spot, the spots appearing to form lines following the scale series; fins yellowish (Ref. 55763).