1250 Catalogue of Malayan Fishes, [Nov. 



bic scales, of which there are 27 or 28 on the lateral line. The latter 

 consists of a simple tube on each scale, of which the anterior five of the 

 series deviate obliquely downwards, the rest, (on the third series from 

 below,) proceed straight to the caudal. All the scales have from 4 to 

 10 backwards radiating lines. The first dorsal ray is excessively short ; 

 the third, the longest, is f of the length of the head and has a few 

 minute teeth in the middle of the posterior margin ; the caudal lobes 

 equal the length of the head ; the length of the anal and ventrals is \ of 

 the latter ; the first ventral ray is short and very slender ; the length 

 of the first pectoral ray, which has a few teeth on the outer margin 

 near the root, equals that of the first dorsal. The latter is represented 

 a little too short in the otherwise correct figure of M. M. Cuvier and 

 Valenciennes. At Pinang the fish is not numerous. It is of good 

 flavour. It rises to insects, remains of which were found in the 

 stomach. The length of the intestinal canal exceeds by J the total ; 

 the stomach as well as the intestines are very thin. The air-vessel 

 is very large, thin, white, consisting of two elongated oval portions, 

 of which the anterior is truncated in front. 



Gen. Leuciscus, Rondelet, 1554. 

 Sub Gen. Leuciscus, Valenciennes, 1844. 

 Neither spines nor cirri ; dorsal and anal fins short. 

 Leuciscus rasbora, (Buchan. Ham.) 



Cyprinus rasbora, Buchan. Ham. 329, 391, PI. II. Fig. 90. 



Leuciscus rasbora, Cuv. B,. A. II. 276 ( 2 ). 



Leuciscus rasbora, McClelland : As. Res. XIX. 292 and 407. 



Cyprinus (Leuciscus) rasbora, Cuv. and Val. XVI. 438. 



Head above, back and upper part of the sides yellowish green, the 

 root and edges of the scales minutely dotted with black ; along the 

 middle of the side a longitudinal golden stripe, bordered beneath by 

 an indistinct bluish black one ; lower half of the side and abdomen 

 silvery pale yellow ; cheeks and opercles shining silvery, the latter with 

 blue reflections dotted with black ; caudal pale yellowish dotted with 

 black, posterior margin blackish ; rest of the fins whitish transparent. 

 Iris silvery, orbital margin bluish dotted with black. 



