| Main Ref. | Cao, L., R. Causse and E. Zhang, 2012 |
| Appearance refers to | |
| Bones in OsteoBase |
| Specialized organs | |
| Different appearance | |
| Different colors | |
| Remarks | Males with broadened and widened unbranched rays and 4-5 outer branched rays of pectoral fin. Dorsal surfaces of pectoral fins covered with breeding tubercles; breeding tubercles sparsely scattered over head and body in males. |
| Striking features | |
| Body shape lateral | elongated |
| Cross section | |
| Dorsal head profile | |
| Type of eyes | |
| Type of mouth/snout | |
| Position of mouth | terminal |
| Type of scales | |
| Diagnosis |
Distinguished from all other species of Barbatula from northern Asia by its nearly columnar anterior body (vs. slightly compressed) and greatly convex predorsal profile of the body (vs. slightly convex or straight). It is similar to B. nuda in having a scaleless predorsal body, by which both can be distinguished all other congeners from northern Asia, with sparsely, or fully scaled predorsal bodies. Can be further diagnosed from B. nuda in having widely separated nostrils (vs. closely-set) and an upper lip with a slight and shallow median indentation (vs. marked and deep median indentation) (Ref. 93050). |
| Ease of Identification |
| Lateral Lines | Interrupted: No |
| Scales on lateral line | 60 - 69 |
| Pored lateral line scales | |
| Scales in lateral series | |
| Scale rows above lateral line | |
| Scale rows below lateral line | |
| Scales around caudal peduncle | |
| Barbels | 6 |
| Gill clefts (sharks/rays only) | |
| Gill rakers | |
| on lower limb | |
| on upper limb | |
| total | |
| Vertebrae | |
| preanal | |
| total | 40 - 42 |
| Attributes | |
| Fins number | |
| Finlets No. | Dorsal |
| Ventral | |
| Spines total | |
| Soft-rays total | 10 - 10 |
| Adipose fin |
| Attributes | more or less truncate |
| Fins number | |
| Spines total | |
| Soft-rays total | 8 - 8 |
| Pectoral | Attributes |
| Spines | |
| Soft-rays 11 - 12 | |
| Pelvics | Attributes |
| Position abdominal beneath origin of D1 | |
| Spines | |
| Soft-rays 7 - 8 |