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large series has recently been reported by Fowler from several places 

 in Peninsular Thailand. 



Besides the characters shown in the key, the markedly decurved line 

 is separated from the origin of the ventral by 1.5 scales and from the 

 origin of the dorsal by 5 scales, and there is an oblique blackish bar 

 from the upper end of the gill opening to the base of the pectoral. 



RASBORA EINTHOVENII (Bleeker) 



Leuciscus einthovenii Bleekee (49), 1851, p. 434 (Sambas, Borneo). 

 Rasbora eintlioveni Sauvage, 1881, p. 164 (Siam) ; 1883b, p. 153 (Menam Chao 

 Phya). — Weber and de Beaxtfout, 1916, vol. 8, p. 72 (Siam). 



This appears to be a rare species in Thailand, not met with in recent 

 years. It was first reported from Thailand by Sauvage, but a speci- 

 men in the Mouhot collection from Pechabun, on the Pasak Kiver, is 

 in the British Museum (listed as B. daniconius). Several of the speci- 

 mens recorded under that name are in the British Museum, having 

 been sent by the Siamese Museum. R. daniconius seems to be an In- 

 dian species which Weber and de Beaufort differentiate from R. ein- 

 thovenii by characters that included pectoral fins much shorter than 

 the head (longer in R. einthovenii) and 9 rows of scales between 

 the lateral lines on the caudal pedimcle (7 in R. einthovenii) . 



RASBORA RASBORA (Hamilton) 



Cyprinus rasbora Hamilton, 1822, p. 329, pi. 2, fig. 90 (Bengal). 

 Rashora rasbora Hoka, 1923b, p. 152 (Bangkok, Nontaburi). 



This species, known from Burma and India, was identified by Hora 

 as represented by three adults and one young in a collection from the 

 Menam Chao Phya at Bangkok and Nontaburi. It is known other- 

 wise by five specimens sent to the Siamese Bureau of Fisheries in 1930 

 from Chantabun by a Boy Scout. 



The outstanding characters of the species are the rather broad 

 caudal peduncle, complete lateral line with 26 or 27 scales, a dark 

 longitudinal band extending from the upper angle of the gill opening 

 to the upper half of the caudal base and usually a sharply defined 

 black edge to the caudal fin. 



RASBORA LATERISTRIATA LASTERISTRIATA (Bleeker) 



Figure 13 



Leuciscus lateristriatus Bleekee, 1854 (106), p. 94 (Lakes Meninju, Pajacombo, 

 Telok, Sumatra; Batavia, Taudjongoost, Tjampea, Bandong, Garut, Java). 



Rashora lateristriata Masya and Indrambaeya, 1932, p. 281 (Koh Samui and 

 Koh Pa-ngan).— FowLEB, 1934a, p. 113 (Bangkok, Chiengdao, Cliiengmai, 

 Chiengsen, Bua Yai, Chantabun, Nakon Sritamarat) ; 1934b, p. 339 (Ban 

 Thung Luang) ; 1935a, p. 110 (Bangkok). 



The typical form of this species, abounding on various islands of the 

 East Indian Archipelago, is a common fish in parts of Thailand. 



