Diagnostic Description
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Distinguished from all its congeners by the following combination of characters: light-yellow snout with a sharp, contrasted edge discrete line demarcation; presence of 4-6 small serrae on the posterior edge of pectoral spine; head width 20.3-25.5% SL; depth of caudal peduncle 5.5-7.1% SL; length of anal-fin base 9.7-16.6% SL; length of nasal barbel 16-38% HL; 5 branchiostegal rays; and caudal fin deeply emarginate (Ref. 30226).
Morphology
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Dorsal soft rays (total): 6; Analsoft rays: 6 - 8; Vertebrae: 31 - 34
