Fin formula: D. I 7-8; A.iii 6-7; P.I 9-10; V. i 5. Body elongated and compressed. Head depressed. mouth terminal. It has four pairs of barbel. Its maxillary barbels long upto anal fin sometimes larger than anal fin. Dorsal spine smooth. Adipose fin present. Caudal fin forked. Dorsal side brownish, lighter at below. A dark shoulders spot behind head. Fins greyish-white.at edges side dark.