Description: more slender than congeners; head large and pointed; mouth large; caudal fin truncate (Ref. 52307).

Coloration: head and body olive-green to olive-brown; most body scales with rusty brown to reddish dot at centre; dorsal and caudal fins grayish blue with many reddish maculae or dots; all coloration patterns much weaker in females; males very intensely-colored when courting, possessing yellow throat and breast (Ref. 52307).