ΑγγλικάBody with two brown or brownish yellow longitudinal stripes which may disappear in old specimens; caudal fin yellowish (Ref. 9768). S. flavicauda is more elongate than S. obtusata and differs in dorsal fin height pectoral fin length (Ref. 37816).
Description: Characterized further by silvery green to yellowish body color dorsally; upper side of body with row of short bars; gill rakers 2; large eye; erect teeth, each separated by space about equal to tooth width; prominent membranous flap at corner of preopercle; maxilla reaching within half eye diameter of anterior edge of eye; forked caudal fin; depth of body 6.8-8.3 in SL (Ref. 90102).