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/siluriformes/ritidae/rita/sacerdotum/2.jpg "Rita sacerdotum")
/siluriformes/ritidae/rita/sacerdotum/3.jpg "Rita sacerdotum")
 Cat-eLog Data Sheet | |
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| Scientific Name | Rita sacerdotum Anderson, 1879 |
| Common Name | Salween Rita |
| Type Locality | Irrawaddy River at location of pagoda of Thingadow, 3rd Defile of Irrawaddy River, Myanmar. |
| Pronunciation | REET ah - sak err doe tum |
| Etymology | The name Rita is derived from the local name of the fish. |
| Species Information | |
| Size | 2000mm or 78.7" 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. |
| Habitat Information | |
| Distribution | Asia: Irrawaddy to Salween and Tennasserim, Myanmar. Myanmar Waters, Irrawaddy (click on these areas to find other species found there) Myanmar Waters, Tenasserim (click on these areas to find other species found there) Salween (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 2009. |
| Husbandry Information | |
| Breeding | Unreported. |
| Breeding Reports | There is no breeding report. |
| Further Information | |
| Reference | Anatomical and zoological researches, pp 864, Pl. 79 (fig. 3). |
| Registered Keepers | There is but a single registered keeper, view all "my cats" data. |
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| Spotters | Spotted this species somewhere? Click the binoculars! There are 3 records of this fish being seen, view them all. |
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| LFS label creator ARN ref:1.247.136.2147 | |
| Last Update | 2025 Jan 01 12:36 (species record created: 2008 Nov 23 00:14) |
