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Rita sacerdotum  Anderson, 1879
Image contributors to this species:
Nonn Panitvong (2) Enrico Richter (1)
ScotCat Sources:
Etymology = Genus
Other Sources:
Fishbase  Google Search  All Catfish Species Inventory  Search ispecies
 
Relevant Information: Large species which occurs in mainstream rivers. Feeds on benthic organisms and possibly fishes.
Common Name: Salween rita
Synonyms: None
Family: Bagridaemblycipitidae
Distribution: Asia: Thailand; Salween basin, Myanmar; Tennasserim. Type locality: Irrawaddy River at location of pagoda of Thingadow, 3rd Defile of Irrawaddy River, Burma.
Size: 180cm SL (6ft)
Temp: 22-26°C (71-79°F)
p.H. 6.5-7.0.
Reference:

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2009.FishBase.World Wide Web electronic publication. www.fishbase.org, version (05/2009).

Ferraris, C.J. Jr., 2007. Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types. Zootaxa 1418:1-628.



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