This species is called Shadow Goby. It has moderately elongate and compressed body; slightly compressed head; ctenoid scales, excepting those on breast and pectoral-fin base cycloid; naked head; sensory canals and pores present on head and longitudinal pattern of sensory-papillae rows on cheek and some multiple rows. Its body is pale gray or pale brown with two dusky saddles and three large dusky midlateral spots. It found in mangrove creeks, brackish estuaries and protected bays with sandy-mud bottoms.