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Mundali barrage, Mahanadi river, Odisha/siluriformes/ritidae/rita/chrysea/5.jpg "Rita chrysea")
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Rourkela, Orissa/siluriformes/ritidae/rita/chrysea/8.jpg "Rita chrysea")
Rourkela, Orissa
 Cat-eLog Data Sheet | |
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| Scientific Name | Rita chrysea Day, 1877 |
| Common Name | Mahanadi Rita |
| Type Locality | Orissa, India [revised to Cuttack, Anaicut on River Mahanadi]. |
| Synonym(s) | Rita chrysa |
| Pronunciation | REET ah |
| Etymology | The name Rita is derived from the local name of the fish. The specific epithet comes from the Greek chrysos, meaning gold, in reference to the color. |
| Articles |  - CotM  2011 October |
| Species Information | |
| Size | 195mm or 7.7" SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp. |
| Identification | Bagrid catfishes of the genus Rita Bleeker, 1854 are found in large rivers throughout the
Indian subcontinent and Myanmar, and are capable of reaching sizes to 1500 mm TL (Talwar
and Jhingran, 1991), although mature specimens of ca. 200-300 mm SL are more commonly encountered. The genus is diagnosed by the following synapomorphies (Mo,
1991): single pair of mandibular barbels, elongated Weberian apparatus firmly sutured to
the basioccipital, and the sensory canal on the posttemporal enclosed within the bone. Eye large (30-40% HL), palatal teeth in large quadrangular patch covering most of palate, dorsal spine serrated. |
| Sexing | Males have an elongate genital papilla in front of the anal fin. |
| General Remarks | The type locality has been revised to Cuttack, Anaicut on the River Mahanadi. |
| Habitat Information | |
| Distribution | Asia: Mahanadi river system in Orissa and Madhya Pradesh, India. Indian waters, Mahanadi (click on these areas to find other species found there) Login to view the map. |
| IUCN Red List Category | Least Concern , range map and more is available on the IUCN species page. Last assessed 2010. |
| pH | 6.0 - 7.0 |
| Temperature | 22.0-27.0°C or 71.6-80.6°F (Show species within this range) |
| Husbandry Information | |
| Feeding | Readily eats all manner of live and prepared foods. Will eat smaller fishes. User data. |
| 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. Larger cyprinids (e.g. Osteochilus) and larger spiny eels (Mastacembelus) are ideal tankmates. |
| Breeding | Not reported in the aquarium. |
| Breeding Reports | There is no breeding report. |
| Further Information | |
| Reference | The fishes of India Part 3, pp 455, Pl. 104 (fig. 1). |
| Registered Keepers | There are 3 registered keepers, view all "my cats" data. |
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| Spotters | Spotted this species somewhere? Click the binoculars! There are 6 records of this fish being seen, view them all. |
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| LFS label creator ARN ref:1.247.136.1114 | |
| Last Update | 2020 Sep 20 04:38 (species record created: 2003 Sep 01 00:00) |