It represents the third known species in the genus,
with all species parasitizing
Asian river loaches
(Cypriniformes: Nemacheilidae).
The new species resembles most closely Paragyrodactylus iliensis Gvosdev and Martechov, 1953 , but is diagnosed by its marginal hooks being longer than 19 μm, a sickle longer than 4 μm, a sickle aperture shorter than the sickle distal width, and absence of a ventromedial indentation in the haptoral accessory hard part