Terminal mouth; slender body; small scales; last dorsal ray not elongated; head small and pointed.

INSHORE fish, in bays and estuaries; occasionally enters freshwater, occuring in tidal pools and canals; often forms large schools and harasses bait at the surface.

2 to 3 pounds.

Known to spawn OFFSHORE; ribbon-like larvae very similar to Albula and Egalops, peaking in fall; adults feed predominantly on fish and crustaceans; leaps when hooked.