D1 19; D2 absent; P1 16; P2 12; A 27. Color of back blue-green and flanks silvery; lateral line golden color. Body fusiform and somewhat compressed with smooth, unkeeled belly. Mouth superior. Upper jaw extending almost to hind border of eye, lower jaw slightly projecting. Gular plate present. Dorsal fins the last ray elongated and filamentous. Scales large.