Scientific Name
Opisthopterus macrops
Common Name
Bigeyed longfin herring
Biology
Dorsal
spines
(total): 0;
Anal
spines: 0;
Anal
soft rays: 60. Belly with about 28 scutes. Lower jaw projecting, mouth pointing obliquely upward; no hypo-maxilla. Pectoral fin a little longer than head; dorsal fin origin about equidistant between caudal fin base and vertical from pectoral fin base (or 1 and 1/4 eye diameters behind midpoint of body); anal fin long, its origin nearer to snout tip than to caudal fin base.