A member of the Rasbora sumatrana-elegans complex (sensu Brittan, 1954) which can be distinguished by having following characters: a dark midlateral stripe from the opercle to the caudal-fin base, often faint or poorly contrasted, widened in a faint elongated triangular blotch at the end of the caudal peduncle; a conspicuous oval to triangular black blotch along the anterior half of the anal-fin base; and fins orange in life (Ref. 88805).