Megalaspis cordyla (Linnaeus, 1758)

Tun, Myo Min, 2021, A study on some commercial fishes of Nyaw-byin coastal water, Launglone Township, Tanintharyi region, Myanmar, International Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Studies 9 (1), pp. 42-46 : 44

Megalaspis cordyla (Linnaeus, 1758) (Fig. E)

Body torpedo-shaped, elongate, subcylindrical; snout pointed; dorsal and ventral profiles equally convex. Breast naked, naked area extending to between one third and one half distance to pectoral base. Dorsal and anal fins low; soft dorsal and soft anal with subfalcate anterior lobes; pectoral fins falcate, extending to well beyond junction of straight and curved lateral line segments and to beyond origin of soft anal fin. Maxilla extends to below middle of eye. Pluriseriate villiform teeth on upper jaw, vomer, palatines and tongue; outer teeth on upper jaw may be slightly enlarged; small pointed teeth uniseriate on lower jaw.