Description
Body compressed with a very convex dorsal profile; relatively deep The species usually dark in colour with a reddish-purple tinge; a broad, white vertical band from top of head onto gill covers; sometimes a horizontal white band below lateral line from gill cover to below middle of dorsal fin; scales on sides of body with dark spots; fins greyish, tinged red.
Size
Maximum length: 22.4 cm (TL), common length: 12-16 cm (TL)
Diet
Feeds on organisms like benthic crustaceans and polychaetes
Utilization
Marketed fresh, salted and smoked
Gears
Trawls, hook and line, traps