FISHES OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS AND ADJACENT SEAS 813 



24 examples. Silimpopon River, Sibnko Bay, Borneo. October 2, 1909. Length, 



58-102 mm. 

 2 examples. Tawao River, Borneo. September 30, 1909. Length, 83-84 mm. 



RASBORA LATERISTRIATA (Bleeker) 



Leuciscus lateristriatus (Van Hasselt) Bleeker, Nat. Tijdscbr. Nederland. Indie, 

 vol. 7, p. 94, 1854 (type locality: Lake Meuingu, Sumatra; Batavia, Taud- 

 jorgoost, Tjampea, Bandoug, Garut, Java, in rivers). 



Rasbora lateristriata Bleeker, Atlas Ichth. Ind. N^erland., vol. 3, p. 121, pi. (17) 

 118, fig. 2, 1863 (Java, Sumatra).— GtJNTHER, Cat. Fishes British Mus., 

 vol. 7, p. 195, 1868 (type: Labuan). — Weber and Beaufort, Fishes Indo-Aus- 

 tralian Archipelago, vol. 3, p. 76, 1916 (Java, Sumatra, Borneo, Banguran 

 Island, Lombok). — Herre, Philippine Journ. Sci., vol. 24, p. 265 (Malum 

 River, Tawi Tawi), p. 705, 1924 (reference). — Roxas and Martin, Dept. 

 Agr. Comm. Manila Tech Bull. 6, p. 43, 1937 (reference).— Fowler, List 

 Fish. Malaya, p. 251, 1938 (reference). 



Rashora macrocephalus Bleeker, Nederland. Tijdschr. Dierk., vol. 2, p. 139, 1865 

 (type locality: Krawang, Java, in rivers). 



Rasbora liosil Boulenger, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 6, vol. 15, p. 247, 1895 (type 

 locality: Baram River, Borneo). 



Rasbora elberti Popta, Notes Leydeu Mus., vol. 34, p. 10, 1911 (type locality: 

 Lombok). 



Depth 41/^; head 3%. Snout 3 m head; eye 31/2, subequal with 

 snout, 11^ in interorbital ; maxillary reaches opposite front eye edge ; 

 mouth strongly inclined, front end high as upper pupil edge; inter- 

 orbital broad. 



Scales 26 in lateral line, 5 transversely, 12 predorsal, 7 over caudal 

 peduncle. 



D. II, 7, height ly^ in head; A. ni, 5; caudal deeply and broadly 

 forked (broken) ; pectoral II/3 in head; ventral inserted behind eighth 

 scale of lateral line or nearer anal than opercle. 



Whitish to yellowish on sides and below, scale margins moi-e or 

 less indicated by broad bands of minute dark dots. Dorsal region 

 dark brown. Top of head blackish brown and narrow blackish stripe 

 from nape to caudal fin. Silvery black spot on opercle. Narrow 

 silvery black stripe along side, beginning behind opercle, darker and 

 more conspicuous along posterior half, bordered above and especially 

 below by broad band formed of minute dark specks. Length, 81 mm. 

 (Herre.) 



East Indies, Philippines. Reaches 121 mm., according to Bleeker. 



RASBORA PUNCTULATA Scale and Bean 



Rasbora punctulatus Seule and Bean, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 33, p. 232, 

 fig. 3, 1907 (type locality: Zamboanga). — Herre, Proc. Pan Pacific Sci. 

 Cougr., Australia, vol. 2, 1923, p. 1568 1924 (reference) ; Philippine Journ. 

 Sci., vol. 24, p. 266 (Zamboanga; Basilan Island), p. 705, 1924 (reference). — 

 Roxas and Martin, Dept. Agr. Comm. Manila Tech. Bull. 6, p. 43, 1937 

 (reference). 



