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  • silver stripe narrows & fades at rear
    top jaw - front with teeth
    isthmus under throat - triangular, no front shoulders
  • slender, cylindrical
    pectoral 15-16
    pelvics behind D base
    gill rakers 51
    single belly scute, W shaped, between pelvics
    A 10-13
  • top jaw - front with teeth
    isthmus under throat - slender, slight shoulders at front base
  • top jaw - front without teeth
    isthmus under throat - distinct blunt shoulders at front base
  • silver stripe NOT narrowing or fading at rear
    top jaw - front with teeth
    isthmus under throat - triangular, no front shoulders