This moderate size species is distinguished from its congenersby having the following

set of characters: lateral-line pores above the pectoral fin not elevated; lateral-line pores before anus 3-40; total vertebrae 136 (133-38); vertebrae formula: 9-11/40-42/47-48/133-138; pale stomach (Ref. 138427).

Description: Colouration: when alive, body olive greenish to pale, dorsally pale brown and ventrally whitish, with pale line runs along lateral line, belly milky white; ventral part of body no melanophore pigmentation; dorsal and anal fins are dark with pale white distally; caudal fin dark, tail tip white; pectoral fin translucent with a dark base; head colour about the same as the body, silvery behind eye; snout tip whitish, then a little darker; supratemporal canal, anterior interorbital portion are dark; pale stomach with silvery peritoneum; gill-opening white; eyes bright with dark pupil surrounded by golden iris (Ref. 138427).