New Zealand whip-tail

Marine fish with regularly ossified skeleton. Long, oblique mouth with two rows of teeth in the upper jaw and teeth similar to canines in the anterior part of the premaxillars. It has 2 dorsal fins, the first of small size; the second of great size that reaches the caudal fin and links with the anal fin, also of great size. It has a pectoral and a ventral fin as well. Blue color, darker in the dorsal region and lighter in the lateral and ventral regions. It can measure up to 1.30 m and weigh up to 1.5 kg.