This species is characterized by the following: D VIII+I,31-36+1; A II+I,27-30+1; lateral line scales, curved 58-75 and without scutes, straight 14-29 with 24-40 scutes, total 110-137; gill rakers 10-13 + 34-38; rear end of upper jaw moderately rounded and slanted anteroventrally; no teeth on upper jaw; interorbital scales usually extending to above front margin of the pupil; color bluish green and slivery below; caudal fin yellow-green and dorsal fin lobe sometimes dark distally; with a small, black opercular spot (Ref. 3197, 11228).

Description: Body elongate, slender, and somewhat circular in cross section; posterior edge of upper jaw straight dorsally, moderately rounded and oblique ventrally; edge of shoulder girdle (cleithrum) with two small papillae, the lower one larger; dorsal and anal fins each followed by a separate finlet (Ref. 55763).