Morphological description (GBIF)(Mô tả hình thái (GBIF))
Diagnosis. Dorsal-fin rays VIII + I, 24 – 27; anal-fin rays II + I, 20 – 23; scales in curved part of lateral line 42 – 50 (of which 0 – 2 posteriorly are scutes); straight part of lateral line with 0 – 7 scales and 48 – 69 scutes; gill rakers (including rudiments) 9 – 12 + 23 – 26; body moderately elongate, the depth about 3.0 – 3.5 in fork length; maxilla nearly straight posteriorly; supramaxilla relatively large with an anterior, spine-like projection; last ray of second dorsal and anal fins subequal to penultimate ray; bluish silver dorsally, silvery on side and ventrally, with a diffuse blackish blotch posteriorly on opercle at level of eye; posterior margin of caudal fin blackish. Largest specimen, 56 cm TL.
