Drepane punctate (Linnaeus, 1758) (Fig. G)

Body oval and strongly compressed, its depth 1.2 -. 3 inches SL. Mouth highly protrusible, forming a downward pointing tube when protruded. Caudal fin rounded or bluntly wedge shaped; pectoral fins elongate, falciform, reaching caudal peduncle. Large adults with a bump or bony knob on interorbital region, a result of hyperostosis of frontal ones. Color: generally silvery with a greenish tinge on upper half of body; 5-10 series of black spots arranged in vertical lines on dorsal part of body from below dorsal fin to caudal peduncle.