This species is distinguished from its congeners by the following characters: with a narrow conspicuous dark brown band between the base of outer rostral barbel and eye (vs. absence, or light and/or indistinct if present) and eyes located dorsally on the head (vs. dorsolaterally); differs from L. costata, L. pleskei, L. nikkonis, and L. sayu by absence of a rhomboid or triangular dark blotch on the middle of the caudal-fin base (vs. presence); differs from L. echigonia by absence of dark spots on the dorsal and caudal fins, or sparse if present (vs. presence) (Ref. 128930).