Snout long and triangular, its tip bluntly pointed; lateral margins a little concave; disc thin, length 1.1–1.2 times its width; tail 1.2–1.3 times longer than disc; mouth width 12.5–14.1 in TL; skin covered with minute denticles, rather smooth to touch. Colour greyish to brownish dorsally with symmetrical pattern of small widely spaced white spots; ventral surface white, often with sparse dusky blotches and dark edges on pectoral and pelvic fins.