Description
This species is characterised with elongated or ovate deeply compressed body, dorsal side of the body silvery blue to grey and ventral side silvery white. Dorsal and ventral profile are almost equally convex There are no grooves in the caudal peduncle
Size
Maximum length: 44.6 cm (TL), common length: 32-38 cm (TL)
Diet
Feeds on small fishes
Utilization
It is marketed in fresh/chilled/frozen forms
Gears
Purse seine, trawl, gillnet, hook and line