This species can be diagnosed from its congeners in Iran by a combination of none unique characters including scaled, stout and deep body; emarginate caudal fin, deep caudal peduncle; flanks with 7-10 irregular and interrupted vertical pale brown bars and 2 obvious small dark spots on the upper and lower caudal fin unbranched rays; moveable protuberance at the antero-ventral corner of the eye in males (Ref. 102005).

Description: Dorsal fin with 7½ branched rays (simple rays cannot be counted); anal fin with 5½ branched rays (simple rays cannot be counted) (Ref. 102005).