| Main Ref. | Moyon, W.A. and L. Arunkumar, 2020 |
| Appearance refers to | |
| Bones in OsteoBase |
| Specialized organs | |
| Different appearance | |
| Different colors | |
| Remarks |
| Striking features | |
| Body shape lateral (shape guide) | |
| Cross section | oval |
| Dorsal head profile | |
| Type of eyes | |
| Type of mouth/snout | |
| Position of mouth | |
| Type of scales | |
| Diagnosis |
This species is distinguished from its congeners of northeast India in having the following characters: scale margins greyish black; branched dorsal-fin rays 6; lateral line scales 34-36; transverse scales 5.5/4.5; predorsal scales 16; chest scaled; belly scales poorly developed; dorsal-fin close to the base of caudal-fin than to the tip of snout; vent close to anal-fin origin than to the pelvic-fin origin; predorsal length 52.5-53.8% SL; snout length 45.2-47.0%HL; disc width 45.4-46.5%HL,disc length 27.4-28.0%HL; callous pad width 34.1-34.2%HL, callous pad length 18.0-21.5%HL; upper base of caudal-fin with a rounded like black patch or blotch (Ref. 121778). |
| Ease of Identification |
| Lateral Lines | Interrupted: No |
| Scales on lateral line | 34 - 36 |
| Pored lateral line scales | |
| Scales in lateral series | |
| Scale rows above lateral line | |
| Scale rows below lateral line | |
| Scales around caudal peduncle | 16 - 16 |
| Barbels | |
| Gill clefts (sharks/rays only) | |
| Gill rakers | |
| on lower limb | |
| on upper limb | |
| total | |
| Vertebrae | |
| preanal | |
| total |
| Attributes | |
| Fins number | |
| Finlets No. | Dorsal |
| Ventral | |
| Spines total | |
| Soft-rays total | |
| Adipose fin |
| Attributes |
| Fins number | |
| Spines total | |
| Soft-rays total |
| Pectoral | Attributes |
| Spines | |
| Soft-rays | |
| Pelvics | Attributes |
| Position | |
| Spines | |
| Soft-rays |