D1 X+I/30; D 2 absent; P 1 17; P 2 I/5; A I/10. Color of body greyish above, silvery on flanks and belly, upper part of body and dorsal fin with numerous black patches. Body size large and slender species, with head profilee low and only slightly curved; mouth large and strongly oblique, lower jaw projecting. Caudal fin rhomboid. Scales cycloid and in very irregular rows; lateral line scales reaching to tip of caudal fin.