Description
Body is elongated, strongly compressed; belly rounded anteriorly, with a sharp keel of scutes. Mouth superior, lower jaw projecting. Dorsal fin small, far back on body; pectoral fins with 12 to 14 rays, their tips reaching to level of scutes 27 to 30 (counted from throat); no pelvic fins; anal fin long. Colour is back blue/green or grey, flanks silvery. toothed
Size
Maximum length: 20.0 cm (TL), common length: 14-20 cm (TL).
Diet
It feeds on zooplankton, phytoplankton and detritus.
Utilization
Marketed fresh and dried salted.
Gears
Gillnet, seine net