A study on some commercial fishes of Nyaw-byin coastal water, Launglone Township, Tanintharyi region, Myanmar Author Tun, Myo Min text International Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Studies 2021 2021-01-01 9 1 42 46 http://dx.doi.org/10.22271/fish.2021.v9.i1a.2386 journal article 299616 10.22271/fish.2021.v9.i1a.2386 c8585d7f-7929-415c-b4e0-4d4247dfac97 2347-5129 12550368 Drepane punctate (Linnaeus, 1758) (Fig. G) Body oval and strongly compressed, its depth 1.2 -. 3 inches SL. Mouth highly protrusible, forming a downward pointing tube when protruded. Caudal fin rounded or bluntly wedge shaped; pectoral fins elongate, falciform, reaching caudal peduncle. Large adults with a bump or bony knob on interorbital region, a result of hyperostosis of frontal ones. Color: generally silvery with a greenish tinge on upper half of body; 5-10 series of black spots arranged in vertical lines on dorsal part of body from below dorsal fin to caudal peduncle.