Monodactylus argenteus (Linnaeus, 1758) (Fig. I)

Body oval, deep and strongly compressed. Eye moderately large; mouth small and oblique. Anterior soft fin rays of both dorsal and anal fins elongated; posterior edge of dorsal and anal fins distinctly concave; caudal fin slightly emarginated; pelvic fin rudimentary or absent in adults. Color: adults bright silver, tip of dorsal and anal fins dusky; juveniles more colorful with yellow over most of the dorsal fin; tip of dorsal and anal fins black; anterior edge of anal fin with broad black margin; two vertical blacks bars over the head, one through the eye and the other in front pectoral-fin base.