| Main Ref. | Lokeshwor, Y. and W. Vishwanath, 2012 |
| Appearance refers to | |
| Bones in OsteoBase |
| Specialized organs | |
| Different appearance | |
| Different colors | |
| Remarks | Prominent spoon-shaped suborbital flap in males. |
| Striking features | |
| Body shape lateral | elongated |
| Cross section | |
| Dorsal head profile | |
| Type of eyes | |
| Type of mouth/snout | |
| Position of mouth | |
| Type of scales | scales embedded or partly/completely absent |
| Diagnosis |
Diagnosed from other species of Physoschistura in having the following combination of characters: body with 11-15 irregular dark brown bars; dorsolateral and dorsal portion of head mottled dark brown; two V-shaped dark brown bars across caudal fin; incomplete lateral line with 70-85 pores; dorsal fin with 4 simple and 8½ branched rays; anal fin with 4 simple rays; caudal fin with 8+7 branched rays; large axillary pelvic-fin lobe; suborbital flap in male; preoperculo-mandibular canal with 9 pores (Ref. 93049). |
| Ease of Identification |
| Lateral Lines | Interrupted: No |
| Scales on lateral line | |
| Pored lateral line scales | 70 - 85 |
| Scales in lateral series | |
| Scale rows above lateral line | |
| Scale rows below lateral line | |
| Scales around caudal peduncle | |
| Barbels | |
| Gill clefts (sharks/rays only) | |
| Gill rakers | |
| on lower limb | |
| on upper limb | |
| total | |
| Vertebrae | |
| preanal | |
| total |
| Attributes | no striking attributes |
| Fins number | 1 |
| Finlets No. | Dorsal |
| Ventral | |
| Spines total | |
| Soft-rays total | 13 - 13 |
| Adipose fin | absent |
| Attributes | forked |
| Fins number | |
| Spines total | |
| Soft-rays total | 10 - 10 |
| Pectoral | Attributes more or less normal |
| Spines | |
| Soft-rays 10 - 10 | |
| Pelvics | Attributes more or less normal |
| Position abdominal behind origin of D1 | |
| Spines | |
| Soft-rays 8 - 8 |