Dark bronze to yellow-green dorsally, shading to silvery bronze to yellowish or yellow green ventrally, yellow to dusky caudal fin and usually outer half of upper caudal lobe black. Body oblong and compressed, dorsal profile strongly convex to second dorsal fin, ventral profile slightly convex. Lateral line is with 30-40 strong scutes. Adipose eyelid moderately developed, small anteriorly and extending forward to rear edge of pupil.