This species is distinguished by the following characters: head length 3.7-4.4 in SL,

body depth 2.5-2.7 in SL; upper profile no notch anterodorsal to eyes; snout with pointed tip; pectoral-fin length of ocular side 4.6-5.7 in SL and as long as head; upper jaw length about lower eye diameter; teeth on lower jaw in one of the blind side; dorsal fin beginning above posterior nostril of blind side, the first two rays of the dorsal fin detached from other rays, none prolonged and pterigiophores as long as neural spines of first four caudal vertebrae; D 93-101, A 72-81, pectoral-fin rays on ocular side 12-13, blind-side 11-13, caudal-fin rays 3 + 11 + 3, pelvic-fin rays on ocular side 6 and blind-side 6, lateral line scales 80-93, gill rakers 2-5 + 8-10, vertebrae 10 + 35-37 (Ref. 126083).