White-mouth croaker

Marine fish with regularly ossified skeleton. Fusiform body, compressed but slightly depressed at the level of the pectoral fins. It is covered with large and strong scales. Big head. Small mouth with a slight prominence of the upper jaw. Sawn preopercle. Dorsal fin split into two parts. Flow truncated. Anal small fin, preceded by two spines, of which the first is well developed. Dorso and flanks golden yellow with darker oblique striae, white belly. Fins golden yellow, lighter pectoral and ventral than the others. Maximum length 63 cm.