This species is distinguished from its congeners by the following set of characters: adult size 21.5 mm SL; body depth at dorsal-fin origin 17-21 % SL; a truncate to rounded caudal fin; the lateral line incomplete, reaching to below posterior half of dorsal fin; large tubercles on head and body absent; anus about halfway between pelvic-fin base and anal-fin origin; colour pattern made of five pairs of irregular bars on the flank, narrower than interspaces, of which the anterior one or two pairs may be dissociated into several small blotches; the posterior 3 pairs meet their contralaterals on the back; the anterior two pairs end dorsally into two conspicuous blotches not meeting their contralaterals; dorsal fin with two blackish longitudinal stripes; and the caudal fin hyaline (Ref. 137977).