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Depth 31/3 to 34^; head Sy^ to 4. Snout 31/5 to 33/5 in head; eye 

 21/^ to 3%, greater than snout, 1 to I14 in interorbital ; maxillary 

 reaches front eye edge; mouth oblique, upper end about level with 

 upper pupil edge; lips thin; upper with median notch into which 

 symphyseal knob of projecting lower jaw fits; interorbital nearly 

 flat. Pharyngeal teeth 1, 4, 5 - 5, 4, 1. 



Scales 29 or 30 in lateral line; 5 above, 1 below, 12 predorsal, 9 

 rows over middle of caudal peduncle. Sometimes row replaced by 

 rows of very small scales. 



D. II, 7, height II/3 to ll^ in head; A. in, 5, height to 1^3 or more; 

 caudal longer than head, longest rays more than twice shortest; 

 pectoral 1% to ly^ in head ; ventral 1%. 



Yellowish brown, back darker and fading yellowish white on 

 throat and belly. Top of head blackish. Narrow dark brown stripe 

 from nape to dorsal. Broad dark brown band from shoulder to 

 caudal, often with central black line, above which may be pale streak, 

 or either or both also absent. Scales on sides outlined by broad dark 

 marginal bands or rows of dots. Brown streak along anal base and 

 rows of brown dots on ventral margin of caudal peduncle. Fin rays 

 more or less dusky dotted or colorless. Length, 72 mm. (Herre.) 



Mindanao. 



RASBORA TAYTAYENSIS Herre 



Rasbora taytayensis Herre, Proc. Pan Pacific Sci. Congr., Australia, vol. 2, 

 1923, p. 1568, 1924 [type locality: Taytay, Palawan (no description)]; 

 Philippine Jonrn. Sci., vol. 24, p. 264, 1924 (between Taytay and Malampaya 

 Sound, Palawan; creek near Taytay). — Roxas and Martin, Dept. Agr. 

 Coram. Manila, Tech. Bull. 6, p. 43, 1937 (reference). 



Depth 314 to 314; head 31/2 to S%. Snout blunt, short, IV7 to 

 ly^ in eye; eye 3 to 3i/^ in head, greater than snout, I14 to 1% in 

 interorbital; mouth rather wide, very oblique, hind edge not reach- 

 ing eye; lips thin, subequal or lower projecting, with prominent knob 

 at symphysis fitting into median notch in upper lip ; interorbital flat. 



Lateral line incomplete, scales 15 to 17, longitudinal series of scales 

 26 to 28 ; 5 above, 1 below, predorsal 11. 



D. n, 7, height slightly less than head ; A. ni, 5, height 1% to V/^ 

 in head; caudal deeply forked, longer than head, longest rays of 

 pointed lobes less twice long as shortest rays; pectoral li/io to li^ 

 in head; ventral origin opposite ninth scale of lateral line, its tip 

 about reaching vent. 



Silvery brown, very dark above, paler below. Narrow black stripe 

 on back from nape to caudal. Blackish or dark silver line or band 

 along side on hind half of body, with black circular spot at caudal 

 base. Below broad dark band, beginning behind eye, best developed 

 anteriorly and composed of many fine dots. Dark brown bar behind 



