Rita (fish)

Rita; Temporal range: 5.3–0 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N Lower Pliocene to Recent
	Rita rita
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Siluriformes
Family:	Bagridae
Genus:	Rita; Bleeker, 1853
Type species
	Pimelodus rita; Hamilton, 1822

Rita is a genus of fish in the family Bagridae found in South Asia. These species have a single pair of mandibular barbels, an elongated Weberian apparatus firmly sutured to the basioccipital and the sensory canal on the posttemporal enclosed with bone.^[1]

Species

There are currently 7 recognized species in this genus:

Rita bakalu K. K. Lal, Dwivedi & R. K. Singh, 2016 ^[2]
Rita chrysea F. Day, 1877
Rita gogra (Sykes, 1839)
Rita kuturnee (Sykes, 1839)
Rita macracanthus H. H. Ng, 2004
Rita rita (F. Hamilton, 1822)
Rita sacerdotum J. Anderson, 1879

References

^ Ng, H.H. (2004): Rita macracanthus, a new riverine catfish (Teleostei: Bagridae) from South Asia. Zootaxa, 568: 1–12.
^ Lal, K.K., Dwivedi, A.K., Singh, R.K., Mohindra, V., Chandra, S., Gupta, B.K., Dhawan, S. & Jena, J. (2016): A new bagrid catfish species, Rita bakalu (Siluriformes: Bagridae), from the Godavari River basin, India. Hydrobiologia, 790 (1): 67–81.

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[Ng2004-1] Ng, H.H. (2004): Rita macracanthus, a new riverine catfish (Teleostei: Bagridae) from South Asia. Zootaxa, 568: 1–12.

[Lal2016-2] Lal, K.K., Dwivedi, A.K., Singh, R.K., Mohindra, V., Chandra, S., Gupta, B.K., Dhawan, S. & Jena, J. (2016): A new bagrid catfish species, Rita bakalu (Siluriformes: Bagridae), from the Godavari River basin, India. Hydrobiologia, 790 (1): 67–81.

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Rita Temporal range: 5.3–0 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N Lower Pliocene to Recent

Rita rita
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Siluriformes
Family:	Bagridae
Genus:	Rita Bleeker, 1853
Type species
Pimelodus rita Hamilton, 1822