The posterior end of the upper jaw is straight above, slightly concave and not noticeably slanted anteroventrally. Pectoral fins are short with the tip of appressed fins falling short of to slightly beyond a vertical line from the 2nd dorsal fin origin. The straight part of the lateral line typically has 0–4 scales and 30–40 relatively large scutes. The coloration is bluish green above and silvery below with a small black blotch on the margin of the opercle near the upper edge. The 2nd dorsal fin is hyaline basally while other fins are mostly hyaline.