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The species will doubtless prove popular for home aquaria. In a 

 small balanced aquarium in Bangkok the fish lived and thrived for a 

 long time. 



Fowler (1934b) described Rashora stigmatiMra from seven speci- 

 mens, 3.5 to 5.8 cm. long, taken at Krat in December 1933. The writer 

 happened to see these specimens in Thailand in January 1934, and 

 learned that their source was the Krat River, at Kao Saming. His 

 examination of these specimens, then in the possession of a local col- 

 lector, indicated that they agreed with specimens he had taken in 

 Bung Borapet. The description of R. stigmatura shows no essential 

 difference from R. triUneata. Fowler noted the resemblance but 

 thought the former differed from the latter "in the sub-terminal black 

 contrasted blotch on each caudal lobe, besides the other details of its 

 coloration." It may be pointed out, however, that R. trilinsafa is 

 always characterized by a black blotch on each caudal lobe and by other 

 markings shown in Fowler's figure and description. While R. tri- 

 Uneata typically has a subterminal black spot on each caudal lobe, in 

 R. caUmra Boulenger, which Weber and de Beaufort synonymized 

 with R, trilineafa, the caudal spots are terminal. 



RASBORA LAYANGI Fowler 



Rashora layangi Fowlek, 1939, p. 66, fig. 15 (Trang). 



A waterfall stream near Trang, in Peninsular Thailand, yielded two 

 specimens, 11.8 and 10.4 cm, long, on which this species is based. 



It is very close to R. trilineata^ being in essential agreement there- 

 with in structural details. Color differences, as indicated in the pre- 

 ceding key, are in the extent and width of the dark longitudinal band, 

 in the absence in R. layangi of a black line on each side above the base 

 of the anal fin, and in the possession by the present species of a black 

 posterior edge of the caudal fin, while in R. trilineata the black mark- 

 ing is confined to the caudal lobes. The describer notes as a dis- 

 tinguishing color feature the absence of a round black spot on the 

 caudal; this spot, however, is variable, in R. triUneata. While it 

 may be present, Weber and de Beaufort do not mention it (unless it 

 is indicated as "a darkish hue" at the caudal base), and some Thailand 

 specimens otherwise typical have no spot whatever. 



RASBORA CROMIEI Fowler 



Rashora cromiei Fowlee, 1937, p. 167, fig. 103 (Mepoon, Rayong) ; 1939, pp. 39, 40, 

 66 (Khao Bhanaiu Bencha, Huey Yang, Ti-ang). 



The type of this species, 8.9 cm. long, came from Mepoon, Northern 

 Thailand. Numerous other specimens 3.3 to 10.2 cm. long were taken 

 at Mepoon, and a large nmnber were reported also from Kayong, a 

 fishing village on the Gulf of Siam in Southeastern Thailand. A very 



