Upper and lower lips closely attached to the jaws. Dorsal fin origin over 9 th scale of lateral line, slightly closer to mid height of caudal base than to tip of snout. Anal fin with three simple and five branched rays. Pectoral fin with one simple and eleven rays. A dark saddle between the eyes.
Females are more plump than males.
It has been recorded only from a stretch of about 500m down stream of paddy fields at the origin of this stream.