Tribe:

Chordata

Class:

Actinopterygii

Habitat:

Over sand and soft bottoms but also in the open water of the high seas, shallow water up to 400 m

Size:

Appearance:

Short, high-backed and laterally strongly flattened body, colouring light grey to silvery with a yellowish sheen, laterally in the middle of the body a conspicuous dark spot with a light yellow to whitish border, large head with high-set eyes, dorsal fin with conspicuously long spiny rays, juveniles with yellowish green, irregular stripes

Behaviour: