Scientific Name
Oligoplites saurus
Common Name
Leatherjacket
Biology
Dorsal
spines
(total): 5 - 6;
Dorsal
soft rays
(total): 19-21;
Anal
spines: 2 - 3;
Anal
soft rays: 18 - 21. Body elongate and strongly compressed (depth from 3.5 to 4.4 times in standard length); posterior end of upper jaw reaching posterior rim of eye; upper jaw teeth small and villiform; lower branch of first gill arch with 14 to 18 gill rakers; scales small but visible, needle-shaped, embedded in the skin; back blue green; flanks and belly silvery to white, sometimes with yellow or golden highlights; pectoral and caudal fins yellowish (Ref. 55763); Dorsal fin has 5 nearly separate spines.