| Main Ref. | Limbu, J.H., D. Rajbanshi and M. Raza, 2024 |
| 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 by the following set of characters: smoothly rounded snout tip; head moderately large and slightly depressed; lateral surface of snout without tubercles in between anterior barbel to anterior eye margin; width of mouth longer than snout length; lateral line complete with 35-36 scales; transverse scales above lateral line 4; circumpeduncular scale rows 14; predorsal scales 11, regularly arranged; chest and abdomen with deeply embedded scales; width of torus 106.3-129.0 % disc length, width 6.6-10.5 times in its length (Ref. 133060). |
| Ease of Identification |
| Lateral Lines | Interrupted: No |
| Scales on lateral line | 35 - 36 |
| Pored lateral line scales | |
| Scales in lateral series | |
| Scale rows above lateral line | |
| Scale rows below lateral line | |
| Scales around caudal peduncle | |
| Barbels | |
| Gill clefts (sharks/rays only) | |
| Gill rakers | |
| on lower limb | |
| on upper limb | |
| total | |
| Vertebrae | |
| preanal | |
| total | 33 - 33 |
| Attributes | |
| Fins number | 1 |
| Finlets No. | Dorsal |
| Ventral | |
| Spines total | |
| Soft-rays total | 9 - 9 |
| Adipose fin |
| Attributes |
| Fins number | 1 |
| Spines total | |
| Soft-rays total | 6 - 6 |
| Pectoral | Attributes |
| Spines | |
| Soft-rays 13 - 14 | |
| Pelvics | Attributes |
| Position | |
| Spines | |
| Soft-rays 8 - 8 |