Elongate silvery scaleless body that tapers to a forked tail. Barbels: 1 long white flat barbel on both sides of mouth and 2 short white barbels on chin. Head slightly depressed with slight incline towards dorsal fin. Upper half of body dark gray/brown, olive green, or gray/silver-blue and fades to white near belly. Single dorsal fin and both pectoral fins have spines. First ray of dorsal and pectoral fins extends past the spine into long fleshy filamentsRounded anal fin.