Rita (fish)

Rita is a genus of fish in the family Bagridae found in South Asia. These species have a single pair of mandibular barbels, an elongated Weberian apparatus firmly sutured to the basioccipital and the sensory canal on the posttemporal enclosed with bone.

Species
There are currently 7 recognized species in this genus:
 * Rita bakalu K. K. Lal, Dwivedi & R. K. Singh, 2016
 * Rita chrysea F. Day, 1877
 * Rita gogra (Sykes, 1839)
 * Rita kuturnee (Sykes, 1839)
 * Rita macracanthus H. H. Ng, 2004
 * Rita rita (F. Hamilton, 1822)
 * Rita sacerdotum J. Anderson, 1879