Description: Greyish dorsally, silvery on sides, sometimes 6-7 dusky oblique bars on upper side and large adult occasionally with scattered dark blotches or a few small yellow spots on side; posterior margin of opercle distinctly dark. Body oblong and compressed, dorsal and ventral profiles equally convex. Breast completely scaly. LL scutes 11-18. (Ref. 90102). Distinct black bar on the edge of the preopercle, and nearly, scaled breast (Ref. 37816).