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Rita sacerdotum Anderson, 1879

Image contributors to this species:

Nonn Panitvong (2) Enrico Richter (1) Allan James (1) Johnny Jensen's Photographic Library (3) Jian Ruilong (1)

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Relevant Information:

Habitat: Large species which occurs in mainstream rivers. Diet: Feeds on benthic organisms and possibly fishes.

Common Name:

Salween rita

Synonyms:

None

Family:

Bagridae

Distribution:

Asia: Thailand; Salween basin, Myanmar; Tennasserim. Type locality: Irrawaddy River at location of pagoda of Thingadow, 3rd Defile of Irrawaddy River, Burma.

Size:

180.0cm (6ft)

Temp:

22-26°C (71-79°F)

p.H.

6.5-7.0.

Reference:

Ferraris, C.J. Jr., 2007. Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types. Zootaxa 1418:1-628.
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2009. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. www.fishbase.org, version (05/2009).

Family: Bagridae Back to Ident-A-Cat Click on Thumbnails

Rita sacerdotum

Rita sacerdotum

Rita sacerdotum
Head view

Rita sacerdotum
Albino

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