Description
Dorsal spines : 8; Dorsal soft rays: 9; Anal spines: 2; Anal soft rays: 15 - 17. Color in life silver gray, translucent on body, variable amount of bright yellow pigment on head and body, most commonly on snout, jaws and throat; side of snout sometimes with dark dots; black caudal spot pupil size or smaller; fins pale; diffuse orange stripe above anal-fin base. Distance from insertion of pelvic spine to anal-fin origin 4.5-5.7 in SL. Preopercular edge smooth except for serrae at angle and on posterior half of ventral edge. Scaly sheath along anal-fin base poorly developed
Size
Maximum length: 10.0 cm (TL), common: 6-8 cm (TL)
Diet
Feeds on fish eggs and larvae, shrimps, and pelagic polychaetes
Utilization
Utilized domestically for dried consumption
Gears
Trawl, gillnet