Description
Body deep and strongly compressed, particularly the lower part; ventral profile at least equally convex as dorsal profile, in larger specimens even more strongly convex. Spinous part of dorsal fin black at half height, above which the membrane between 2nd and 5th spines bears a bright orange blotch.
Size
Maximum length: 11.0 cm (TL), common length: 5-8 cm (TL)
Diet
Feeds mainly on diatoms, copepods, nematodes and polychaetes
Utilization
Marketed fresh and salt dried?
Gears
Trawls, gillnet