Decapterus smithvanizi

This species of the red-fin Decapterus group is distinguished by the following set of characters: tip of upper jaw not hooked; opercular membrane entriely without serration; posterior tip of pectoral fin usually extending beyond a vertical through origin of seconddorsal fin; gill rakers 25-31; curved part of lateral line with 54-62 cycloid scales, body depth19.4-22.5 % SL pectoral-fin length 25.7-30.6 % SL (Ref. 94089).

Dorsal spines (total): 9; Dorsal soft rays (total): 28 - 33; Analspines: 3; Analsoft rays: 23 - 26