Description
Dark bluish dorsally, silvery white ventrally with black blotches on middle of body. Body greatly compressed laterally; anterior parts of dorsal and anal fins with high falcate lobes. Pectoral fins falcate; about 12-14 prominent dark vertical bars on body; juveniles and adults have an elevated black lobe in the posterior part of the dorsal fin.
Size
Maximum length: 140.0 cm (TL), common length: 40-60 cm (SL)
Diet
Feeds mainly on small fishes.
Utilization
Marketed fresh and salted; smoked or frozen.
Gears
Seine net, gillnet, hook and line