Body oblong, moderately compressed, with dorsal and ventral profiles almost evenly convex. The adipose eyelid completely covering the eye except for a vertical slit centered on pupil.Body colour is olive green dorsally, shading to white or silvery ventrally. A prominent black spot posteriorly on opercle at level of upper eye is present. There are 10 dark bars on side of body and dorsal and caudal fins are dusky greenish yellow.