Description
Greyish to brownish dorsally, silvery white on sides. Covered in dark pigment spots. Fins silvery to greyish, darkest distally. Body firm, very deep, compressed. Caudal peduncle short, deep, strongly compressed, lacking scute-like scales or fleshy keels. Snout blunt, rounded, forehead almost straight. Eye small, central, much shorter than snout
Size
Maximum length: 38.0 cm (TL), common length: 15-25 cm (TL)
Diet
Feeds on ctenophores, salps, medusae, and other zooplankton groups but will also prey on small benthic animals.
Utilization
Sold fresh in markets
Gears
Trawl, gillnet