Marine; brackish; demersal; depth range ? - 122 m . Tropical; 37°N - 35°S, 22°E - 148°W

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 45.0 cm SL male/unsexed; ; common length : 30.0 cm TL male/unsexed; ; max. published weight: 1.7 kg

Dorsal spines (total): 9; Dorsal soft rays (total): 13; Anal spines: 2; Anal soft rays: 11 - 12. Golden, dusky olive brown above, scale rows each with a dark line; fins dusky . Body with 7 or 8 prominent dark stripes along the longitudinal scale rows above lateral line and 7-9 faint stripes below. Pectoral fin rays unbranched; 4th or 5th pectoral filament longest, 22-40% of SL. Posterior margin of maxilla reaching to (or slightly extending beyond) level of posterior margin of adipose eyelid. Lower tip of 7th proximal pterygiophore of 1st dorsal fin directed backwards. Lateral squamation on caudal fin unbranched . Body shape (shape guide): elongated.