Body shape is laterally compressed. It has a large superior and obliqe mouth. Two pairs of barbels are present. Head is longer than barbels and snout is rounded. Anal long and caudal deeply forked. A faint/dark shoulder spot with silvery-grayish body. Fin formula: D. 5; P1. 1/14; P2. 9-10; A. 3/66-71.