D1 VII; D2 I/21; P1 19; P2 I/5; A II+I/18. Body color silvery, the flanks with 4 to 8 vertically elongate blotches, most of them intersecting lateral line. Dorsal and anal fins uniformly pigmented. Dorsal profile of body more convex than ventral profile; cleft of mouth commences opposite to middle of eye; no scutes.