Description
Body elongate and compressed; dorsal and ventral profiles similar and gently convex, dorsal profile of head nearly straight. Eye diameter slightly smaller than snout length; Two separate dorsal fins, the first with 8 spines, the second with 1 spine and 22 to 25 soft rays; anal fin with 2 detached spines followed by 1 spine and 18 to 21 soft rays; spinous dorsal fin moderately high, longest spine nearly equal height of soft dorsal fin lobe. Lateral line anteriorly with a moderate regular arch, with junction of curved arid straight parts below second dorsal fin between 7th to 11th soft rays; chord of curved part of lateral line vomerine slightly longer than, to slightly shorter than straight part of lateral tooth patch line, contained 0.9 to 1.2 times in straight part; straight part of lateral line with 4 to 12 scales followed by 24 to 34 scutes.
Size
Maximum length: 25.0 cm (TL), common length: 14-18 cm (FL).
Diet
They feed mainly on molluscs, crabs, prawns.
Utilization
Marketed fresh and dried salted
Gears
Gillnet, seine net, trawl