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 12. Rasbora cephalotaenia (Blkr.). [Fig. 25, page 59]. 



Leuciscus cephalotaenia Bleeker, Nat. Tijdschr. Ned. Ind. III. (1851) 1852^.97. 

 Rasbora cephalotaenia Bleeker, Icht. Arch. Ind. Prodr. II. Cyprini, 1860, p. 438. 



Atl. Ichth. III. 1863, p. 119. 



Rasbora cephalotaenia Giinther, Cat. Brit. Mus. VII. 1868, p. 193. 

 Rasbora cephalotaenia Steindachner, Abh. Senckenb. Naturf. Gesellsch. XXV. 



1901, p. 454. 

 Rasbora cephalotaenia Max Weber de Beaufort, in Maass, "Durch Zentral- 



Sumatra". II. 1912, Fische p. 530. 



D.2.7; A. 3. 5; P. 1.14; V. 12.7; L. 1. 32 34, Sq. 1. 3 I 32 ; 



4i 



L. tr. _i_ (between D. and V.). 

 i 



Height 4.1 4.5, in length with caudal 5.2 5.8. Head 3.3 3.8; 

 4.2 4.8 in length with caudal. Eye 3 3.3, about equal to 

 snout, about one fourth shorter than flat interorbital space. Cleft 

 of mouth obliquely ascending, its anterior end about in the level 

 of the middle of eye, posteriorly touching the vertical through 

 frontborder of eye. Origin of dorsal distinctly behind middle 

 between snout and last caudal scales, above 1 2 th or 13^ lateral 

 scale, separated by 12 13 scales from head. Dorsal situated 

 in the middle between ventrals and anal, truncate, its height 

 about 4 / 5 of that of body. Anal concave, the third ray the 

 longest, shorter than the longest dorsal one. Ventrals nearly 

 reaching anal, situated one fourth to about two thirds of diameter 

 of eye nearer to anal than to operculum, their outer ray slightly 

 prolonged. Pectorals equalling distance between nostril and 

 hindborder of opercle or even shorter; the distance between 

 their tip and the ventrals almost equal to ! / 2 diameter of eye. 

 Length of caudal 4.5 in total length, the lobes pointed, the 

 outer rays more than twice the length of the middle rays. 

 Least height of caudal peduncle about i 1 ^ times in its length. 

 Seven rows of scales between the lateral lines, counted over the 

 back of the middle of the caudal peduncle. Colour of formol 

 specimens yellowish brown, back darker. A black lateral band 

 beginning at the point of the snout and continued on to the 

 end of the caudal, on the flanks composed of more or less 

 separate dark patches, corresponding to two rows of scales. 

 A narrower band between base of pectorals and middle of anal. 

 An ill-defined superior band composed of narrow black dots 

 on the second superior row of scales. Fins with a dark hue. 

 Length 128 mm. 



