Over all color pale yellow with 6 br ownishblotches on flanks and back in young. A dark band runsthrough eye to posterior edge of mouth. Upper headspeckled brown. Belly white. Distal margin of anal finyellowish-orange. 2-5 spot rows on caudal fin. Peritoneumsilvery but with strong development of melanophoresdorsally. Body elongated and compressed. Head depressed.Tiny Ctenoid scales on nape. Low dorsal andanal fins. Anterior nostril tubular. Tongue not incised.Simple teeth. Gill rakers short and touch adjacent onewhen appressed. Gut short and S-shape. Found in bothrivers and lakes, on shallow sandy bottoms and on uppersurface of large stones in shallow waters. In Harirud River,at a depth of 35-120 cm, a water temperature of 12-28°C and a coarse gravel bed. Maximum age 4 years andtotal length 100 mm. Absolute fecundity up to 1900 eggs.Food include small fish and aquatic invertebrates.