FISHES OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS AND ADJACENT SEAS 815 



Rasiara argyrotaenia Bleeker, Atlas Ichth. Ind. N^erland., vol. 3, p. 123, pi. 

 (21)132, fig. 3, 1863 (Java, Sumatra, Bali).— Gijnthkb, Cat. Fishes British 

 Mus., vol. 7, p. 195, 1868 (types; types of Rasbora dusonensis and Rashora 

 torneensis) . — Steindachner, Abh. Senck. Ges., vol. 25, p. 455, 1900 (East 

 Indies). — Webek and Beaufort, Fishes Indo-Australian Archipelago, vol. 3, 

 p. 61, 1916 (Java, Bali, Sumatra, Borneo, Malay Peninsula, Annam). — 

 Herre, Proc. Pan Pacific Sci. Congr., Australia, vol. 2, 1923, p. 1568, 1924 

 (Busuanga; Lake Manguao and Puerto Princesa, Palawan); Philippine 

 Journ. Sci., vol. 24, p. 267 (description), p. 705, 1924 (reference); Fishes 

 Herre Philippine Exped. 1931, p. 20, 1934 (Concepcion; Busuanga; Cul- 

 iou). — RoxAs and Martin, Dept. Agr. Comm. Manila Tech. Bull. 6, p. 43, 

 1937 (reference).— Fowler, List Fish. Malaya, p. 56(251), 1938 (reference). 



Pseudorasbora argyrotaenia Fowler, Journ. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, ser. 2, 

 vol. 12, p. 500, 1904 (Padang). 



Leuciscns cyanotacnia Bleekehi, Vei'h. Batav. Geuootsch. (Mid. Oost Java), 

 vol. 23, p. 21, 1850 (type locality: Batavia). 



Leuciscns dusonensis Bleeker, Nat. Tijdschr. Nederland. Indie, vol. 1, p. 14, 1850 

 (type locality: Bandjermassing, in River Duson or Banjer). 



Leiiciscus schicenkii Bleeker, Act. Soc. Ind. Neerl. (Sumatra), vol. 3, p. 47, 

 1858 (type locality: Tnissan, Western Sumatra, in rivers). 



Rasbora borneensis Bleeker, Ichth. Arch. Ind. Prodr., vol. 2, Cyprini, pp. 285, 

 450, 1860 (type locality: Borneo, Bandjermassin, in rivers). 



Rasbora everetti Boltlenger, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 6, vol. 15, p. 187, 1895 

 (type locality: Palawan). 



Depth 31/2 to 334 ; head 3% to 4. Snout 31/3 to 3% in head from 

 snout tip; eye 3% to 3%, subequal with snout; maxillary not quite 

 reaching eye, length 2% in head from snout tip ; interorbital 2% to 

 2%, slightly convex. Pharyngeal teeth 2, 4, 5 - 5, 4, 2. 



Scales 26 or 27 in lateral line to caudal base and 3 more on latter ; 

 4 or 5 above, 1 below, 11 or 12 predorsal. 



D. in, 7, I, first branched ray ll^ in total head; A. in, 5, i, first 

 branched ray 1% to 2; caudal deeply emarginate, length 2% in rest 

 of body ; pectoral ll^ in total head ; ventral 1%. 



Back brown, below paler, only trace of silvery lateral streak. Fins 

 pale. 



Malay Peninsula, Siam, Annam, East Indies, Philippines. Ac- 

 cording to Weber and Beaufort reaches 170 mm. 



A.N.S.P. Nos. 27407-27408. Padang, Sumatra. A. C. Harrison and H. L. Hiller. 

 Length 70 and 90 mm. 



RASBORA PHILIPPINA Gnnther 



Rasbora pMUppina Gunther, Rep. Voy. Challenger, vol. 1, p. 54, 1880 (type 

 locality: Pasamanca, near Zamboanga). — Herre, Proc. Pan Pacific Sci. 

 Congr., Australia, vol. 2, 1923, p. 1568, 1924 (Zamboanga and Cagayan de 

 Misamis, Mindanao) ; Philippine Journ. Sci., vol. 24, p. 268, 1924 (Titunod 

 River, Mindanao; Cagayan de Misamis); Fishes Herre Philippine Exped. 

 1931, p. 20, 1934 (Kolambugem, Lanao Province). — Roxas and Martin, 

 Dept. Agr. Comm. Manila Tech. Bull. 6, p. 43, 1937 (reference). 



