Description
Body sub cylindrical, compressed. Head and eyes moderately large; outer surface of premaxilla frequently covered with fine denticles scarcely visible to naked eye, but no shagreen denticles elsewhere on head; teeth in several rows in both jaws; on roof of mouth, teeth usually distinctly visible (but may be weak or lacking) on palatines, ectopterygoids and mesopterygoids.
Size
Maximum length: 11.0 cm (SL), common length: 6-8 cm (SL)
Diet
They feed on plankton, molluscs and gastropods.
Utilization
used as forage food species to larger commercial fish and as bait fish.
Gears
Seine nets, gillnets