Description: It has four pairs of barbels and a very elongate base to its anal fin. The side are grey brown, becoming much darker dorsally.
Size: Upto 25-35cm
Habitat: rivers, tanks , pools with turbid/brackish water bodies
Breeding: egg leyers
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