Pot arribar a fer 61 cm de llargària màxima[6] i 3.170 g de pes.[7]
Cos de color argent daurat i, de vegades, amb diverses ratlles tènues fosques al llarg de les fileres d'escates longitudinals a ambdós costats de la línia lateral.
6 filaments pectorals (l'extrem del superior arriba lleugerament per damunt del nivell de l'extrem posterior de la part superior de l'aleta pectoral).
9 espines i 13 radis tous a l'aleta dorsal i 3 espines i 11 radis tous a l'anal.[8]
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