Description: Characterized by its dark grey brown color, finely flecked with white; dorsal fin found behind gill opening; body depth at anus 14.5-19.0 in TL; snout to dorsal-fin origin 6.9-7.2; snout to anus 2.0-2.3 in TL; head length 4.7-5.5 in TL; length of snout 23-29 in TL; depressed snout which is broader than long; large eye over posterior part of gape;, 1.4-2.0 in snout length; slightly projecting upper jaw; posterior nostril opening inside mouth; patch of around 20 conical teeth on intermaxilla; small maxillary teeth in two rows, largest are those in inner row; medial to maxillary teeth is vomerine teeth in two widely diverging single rows; single row of teeth in lower jaw except two rows anteriorly (Ref. 90102).