. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. 224 BULLETIN 188, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM the fish bears the name generally given to Lahiobarhus throughout Thailand, pla sa. LABIOBARBUS SPILOPLEUKA (H. M. Smith) Figure 40 Dangila spilopletira Smith, 1934b, p. 307, pi. 10 (Menam Ohao Phya, Menam Taeliiu, Menam Nakon Nayok). Dangila siamensis Fowler, 1934a, p. 115 (Nakon Sritamarat, Bangkok, Chieng- mai, Chiengsen) ; 1935a, p. 114, figs. 48-51 (Khao Nam Poo) ; 1935b, p. 510 (Old Chiengsen) ; 1937, p. 177 (Bangkok, Mepoon, Pltsanulok, Kemarat). At the time this species was described se
. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. 224 BULLETIN 188, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM the fish bears the name generally given to Lahiobarhus throughout Thailand, pla sa. LABIOBARBUS SPILOPLEUKA (H. M. Smith) Figure 40 Dangila spilopletira Smith, 1934b, p. 307, pi. 10 (Menam Ohao Phya, Menam Taeliiu, Menam Nakon Nayok). Dangila siamensis Fowler, 1934a, p. 115 (Nakon Sritamarat, Bangkok, Chieng- mai, Chiengsen) ; 1935a, p. 114, figs. 48-51 (Khao Nam Poo) ; 1935b, p. 510 (Old Chiengsen) ; 1937, p. 177 (Bangkok, Mepoon, Pltsanulok, Kemarat). At the time this species was described seven specimens besides the type were available for examination: The type came from Hangkra- ben, a stream celebrated for the abundance of fishes and the impor- tance of its commercial fisheries, lying off the Chao Phya Kiver north of Ayuthia; six specimens came from Klong Don Lao, also a cele- brated fishing ground tributary to the Tachin River; and one speci- men came from the Nakon Nayok River, all these rivers being in communication through canals. No other specimens have been met with, although the species is probably not rare, and on the Tachin River it is known to fishermen and dealers by a distinctive vernacular Figure 40.—Labiobarbus spilopleura (H. M. Smith). Drawn by Luang Masya; courtesy of the Thailand Government. The principal characters are the rather elongate form (depth of body times in standard length), 44 scales in the lateral line, scales in the transverse line from midline of back to midline of abdomen, 6 scales between the lateral line and the base of the ventral fin, 20 scales around the narrow part of the caudal peduncle, the maxil- lary baibel more than twice the length of the rostral barbel, and times the diameter of the eye, dorsal fin with 25 branched rays, of. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illust
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