Species details : Rita rita (Hamilton, 1822)

Accepted scientific name:
Rita rita (Hamilton, 1822) (accepted name) 1 literature reference for Rita rita  (Hamilton, 1822)
Synonyms:
Arius cruciger Owen, 1853 (synonym) 1 literature reference for Arius cruciger Owen, 1853
Arius ritoides Valenciennes, 1840 (synonym) 1 literature reference for Arius ritoides Valenciennes, 1840
Pimelodus rita Hamilton, 1822 (synonym) 1 literature reference for Pimelodus rita Hamilton, 1822
Rita buchanani Bleeker, 1853 (synonym) 1 literature reference for Rita buchanani Bleeker, 1853
Rita crucigera (Owen, 1853) (synonym) 1 literature reference for Rita crucigera (Owen, 1853)
Rita ritoides (Valenciennes, 1840) (synonym) 1 literature reference for Rita ritoides (Valenciennes, 1840)
Rita sacerdotum (non Anderson, 1878) (misapplied name) 1 literature reference for Rita sacerdotum (non Anderson, 1878)
Common names:
Common name Transliteration Language Country
Rita - Bengali Bangladesh Click here to show the literature
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Catfish - English Bangladesh Click here to show the literature
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Rita - English India Click here to show the literature
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Striped catfish - English Nepal Click here to show the literature
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Isorita - Finnish Finland Click here to show the literature
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Ritawels - German Germany Click here to show the literature
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丽塔鲶 Li ta nian Mandarin Chinese China Click here to show the literature
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麗塔鯰 Li ta nian Mandarin Chinese China Click here to show the literature
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Ghoghrya - Marathi India(Maharashtra State) Click here to show the literature
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Belaunda - Nepali Nepal Click here to show the literature
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Chona - Nepali Nepal Click here to show the literature
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Rita - Nepali Nepal Click here to show the literature
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रीता - Nepali India
Khaga - Punjabi India Click here to show the literature
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Khagga - Punjabi India Click here to show the literature
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ਖਾਗਾ - Punjabi India
ਖਾੱਗਾ - Punjabi India
Classification:
Kingdom Animalia CoL
Phylum Chordata CoL
Class Actinopterygii FishBase
Order Siluriformes FishBase
Family Bagridae FishBase
Genus Rita FishBase
Distribution: Asia: Afghanistan, Pakistan, India, Nepal, Bangladesh and Myanmar.
Lifezones: Brackish,freshwater
Additional data: -
Latest taxonomic scrutiny: 19-May-2014
Source database: FishBase, Jan 2015   99%
Bibliographic citation: Froese R. & Pauly D. (eds) (2025). FishBase (version Jan 2015). In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life, 2015 Annual Checklist (Roskov Y., Abucay L., Orrell T., Nicolson D., Kunze T., Flann C., Bailly N., Kirk P., Bourgoin T., DeWalt R.E., Decock W., De Wever A., eds). Digital resource at www.catalogueoflife.org/col. Species 2000: Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands. ISSN 2405-8858.
Online resource: http://www.fishbase.org/Summary/SpeciesSummary.php?ID=4884
CoL taxon LSID: urn:lsid:catalogueoflife.org:taxon:fd915c49-ac8e-11e3-805d-020044200006:col20150401