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 Cat-eLog Data Sheet | |
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| Scientific Name | Rita rita (Hamilton, 1822) |
| Common Name(s) | None |
| Type Locality | Bengal estuaries. |
| Synonym(s) | Arius ritoides, Pimelodus rita, Rita ritoides |
| Pronunciation | REET ah - REE tah |
| Etymology | The name Rita is derived from the local name of the fish. |
| Species Information | |
| Size | 1500mm (59.1") SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp. |
| Identification | Distinguished by its small eyes, purplish gray color, top of head covered by thin skin, and vomerine teeth in two broad ovoid patches. |
| Sexing | Males have an elongate genital papilla in front of the anal fin. |
| Habitat Information | |
| Distribution | Northern part of the Indian subcontinent, primarily in the Ganges and Indus River drainages. Indus (hover or click on these areas to show maps or find other species found there) Indian waters, Padma, Ganges (hover or click on these areas to show maps or find other species found there) |
| pH | 5.8 - 7.2 |
| Temperature | 18.0-26.0°C or 64.4-78.8°F (Show others within this range) |
| Husbandry Information | |
| Feeding | Readily eats all manner of live and prepared foods. Will eat smaller fishes. |
| Furniture | Provide plenty of driftwood as hiding places. |
| Compatibility | Although a fairly peaceful fish, it will eat smaller tankmates and is therefore best kept only with large, robust fishes. Extremely large cyprinids like Labeo spp. are ideal tankmates. |
| Breeding | Not reported. |
| Further Information | |
| References | Fishes Ganges - pp165, 376 - Pl. 24 (fig. 53) |
| Registered Keepers | (1) brettwms75, who also notes: "I ordered a Whale Catfish hoping for a Cetopsis and got this instead. The Rita Species I am keeping is actually Rita sacerdotum or a Salween rita. Very hard to identify but the eyes give it away as a Rita species. Very cool I hope 2 get more!", (2) Shovelnose, who also notes: "Wild caught", (3) headbanger_jib. Click on a username above to see all that persons registered catfish species. You can also view all "my cats" data for this species.  Add this species to your "my cats" page. |
| Breeding Reports | None. |
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| Last Update | 2006 Mar 24 00:00 (species record created: 2003 Jan 11 00:00) |
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