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Bandjermassin !, Kahajan, Pengarong, Pravukarta, Mendalan 

 River], Samarinda!, Batu Pangal!, Bunut!, Baram river). — Malay 

 Peninsula !, Siam, Annam ! 



2. Rasbora vaillanti Popta. 



Rasbora Vaillantii Popta, Notes Ley den Mus. XXV. 1905, p. 174. — Ibid. 

 XXVII. 1906, p. 151. 



4l 



D. 2.7; A. 3.5 (6); P. 1. 15; V. 2.8; L.l. 27—30; L. tr. j^. 



3t 

 Height 4, 5.3 in length with caudal; head 4 — 4.6, 5.3 — 5.7 



in length with caudal. Eye more than 3.5, slightly shorter 



than snout and i '/2 times or slightly more in interorbital space. 



Origin of dorsal in the middle between snout and posterior row 



of caudal scales, opposite to 12* scale of lateral line, separated 



by II — 12 scales from occiput. Dorsal with the upper border 



oblique, situated nearer to anal than to ventrals ; its height 



about equal to that of the body. Origin of anal opposite to 



i6th or 17th scale of lateral line. Anal concave, its 3 id ray the 



longest, which is shorter than the ventrals. Ventrals shorter 



than pectorals, not reaching anal. Pectorals longer than or equal 



to head. Caudal much longer than head. Least height of caudal 



peduncle equal to half length of head. Nine rows of scales 



between lateral lines, counted over the back of the middle of 



the caudal peduncle. Preserved specimens brownish above, 



yellowish below, a dark brown lateral band from head to shortly 



before caudal, broadening posteriorly; a median dorsal band; 



a median ventral band on the caudal peduncle, continued on 



both sides of the base of the anal. Caudal sometimes with a 



blackish hind border. Length 155 mm. [Type of the species 



in the Leyden Museum seen by us]. 



Nom. in dig.: Seluwang (river Bo). 



Habitat: Borneo (river Bo!, in British Museum from Kapit 

 river, Sarawak !). 



We are not sure that this species ought not to be united 

 with Rasbora argyrotaenia. 



3. Rasbora tawarensis n. sp. 



D. 2.6—7; A- 3-5; P- i-H — 15 J V. 2.8; L. 1. 29— 31; Sq. 



ii 

 1. 29 — 31 ; L. tr. j_. 



2.V 



Height 4.1 — 4.4 times in length, 5.1 — 5.7 in length with 



