. Body elongate, laterally com- pressed. Upper and lower jaws extend- ed into long beaks with numerous sharp teeth. Gill rakers absent. Scale small, cycloid and easily detached. Origin of dorsal fin over seventh to tenth ray of anal fin. Bases of dorsal and anal fins covered with scales. Caudal peduncle without lateral keels. Caudal fin emar- ginate. Color: top of head and back greenish with a silver stripe along sides widening posteriorly, lower sides and ventral surface white. Pelvic fins whit- ish. Pectoral fins with a distal dark spot, tip of fins yellow when fresh. Tips of dorsal and anal-fin lobes yellowish, some black pigmentation along middle of fins. Caudal fin dark with a yellowish tinge to upper lobe. Size: attains about 73 cm TL