species
A species () is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate sexes or mating types can produce fertile offspring, typically by sexual reproduction. It is the basic unit of Taxonomy (biology), ...
Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka, officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, also known historically as Ceylon, is an island country in South Asia. It lies in the Indian Ocean, southwest of the Bay of Bengal, separated from the Indian subcontinent, ...
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Description
The male reaches 14.7 cm in length and is a demersal species of fish. It has four dorsal soft rays and 56–63 anal soft rays with 48–52 vertebrae present. The body and head are mottled greyish brown, with a uniformly convex predorsal profile. There are two pairs of barbels and the mouth is terminal, with the lower jaw longer than the upper. The eyes are small and lack a free orbital margin. A hazy black blotch is present in the humeral region with scattered melanophores on the dorsal, pectoral and caudal fins. The anal fin has greyish-brown mottling, while the pelvic fin is hyaline.