Disc is broadly rhomboidal, its length 89-93% DW; Snout is moderately elongate with small apical lobe, snout angle 113-121°; Pectoral-fin apices are narrowly rounded; orbits small, protruding slightly; Mouth is relatively narrow, its width 1.1-1.6 in internasal width; A small yellow, seed-shaped suprascapular denticle followed by a slightly larger white, heart-shaped denticle; weak primary denticle band present in young but soon becoming inconspicuous; Secondary denticle band is irregularly suboval, relatively narrow with well-defined lateral margins, rounded forward of orbit and not extending lateral to orbit even in large adults; Adults with a broad band near tail base; dorsal disc uniformly brownish (lacking white spots); Ventral disc pale with broad, weakly-defined and slightly darker margins; Tail banded dorsally behind caudal-sting base, bands more obscure