Also known as Boga in Spanish, it has a slender body, with 3-5 faint golden longitudinal stripes and a black spot at the base of the pectoral fin.This fish, which can reach 15-20 cm in length, feeds on algae and swims in large shoals, making vertical migrations close to the surface in summer and at night. It moves to deeper areas in winter (up to 350 m).The best time of the year for fishing Bogues are the spring and summermonths.