Description
Body silvery gray above, silvery below; a touch of olive green on nape and upper surface of head; fright pattern mottled with pale cream and dark brown; usually fish display a dark patch just below origin of lateral line; cheeks appear to be scaleless but sometimes with few to many, fine, embedded scales on lower 2/3; midline of thorax scaleless between pelvic ridges.
Size
Maximum length: 24.2 cm (TL), common length: 14-18 cm (TL)
Diet
Feeds on benthic algae and to some extent on sea grass.
Utilization
Marketed fresh and salt-dried form
Gears
Gillnet, traps, seine net, trawl