CROSSOCHEILUS ELEGANS, A NEW SPECIES OF FISH FROM NORTHERN BORNEO (TELEOSTEI: CYPRINIDAE)

Crossocheilus elegans, new species, is described from the Kinabatangan and Segama drainages in Sabah, northern Borneo. It is distinguished from all other species of the genus by its colour pattern consisting of a blackish midlateral stripe extending from the tip of the gill opening to the middle of the base of the caudal fi n, separated from the dark brown dorsum by a pale yellowish-brown stripe.