D1 X+I/26; D2 absent; P1 17; P2 I/5; A II/7. Color of body metallic blue above,
shading to silvery below. Pectoral fins yell ow, other fins greyish. A small species
with an acute snout and large, nearly horizontal and inferior mouth. Teeth villirorm
jaws, in upper jaw the outer row enlarged with two pairs of canines at tip; in lower
jaw teeth in inner row slightly enlarged.