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Rita (genus)

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Family
  
Bagridae

Phylum
  
Chordata

Rank
  
Genus

Order
  
Siluriformes

Scientific name
  
Rita

Higher classification
  
Bagridae

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Lower classifications
  
Rita rita, Rita sacerdotum, Rita gogra, Rita chrysea, Rita macracanthus

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.

Species

There are currently 7 recognized species in this genus:

  • Rita bakalu K. K. Lal, Dwivedi & R. K. Singh, 2016
  • 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

    Rita (genus) Wikipedia
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