This amphipod lives near the shores of Lake Ohrid; adults are yellowish to yellow-brown.
Living adults are yellowish to yellow-brown.
It lives in coastal waters of Lake Ohrid and has also been found with Gammarus lychnidensis and Gammarus salemaai.
On 13 July 1939, many specimens were collected from under stones near the lake shore west of Ohrid town.
Adults have spines and setae on three dorsal metasome segments.
Among adults, females have longer setae on the third and fourth legs than males.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.