Olive dorsally; silvery ventrally (Ref. 9812).

Description: Characterized by having whitish fins; cycloid or weakly ctenoid scales; snout shorter than eye diameter; very thick upper lip; deep longitudinal fold near ventral edge on upper lip, splitting lip into upper and lower lobes fringed with ridges of horny epidermis; thin and directed forward lower lip fringed with ridges of horny epidermis; upper and lower lip folds tucked under preorbital at corners of mouth; absence of adipose eyelid; deeply notched preorbital on anteroventral edge; emarginate caudal fin (Ref. 90102).