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Species in the family or subfamily Ritidae: [ 13 ] records

bakalu, Rita Lal [K. K.], Dwivedi [A. K.] & Singh [R. K.] in Lal, Dwivedi, Singh, Mohindra, Chandra et al. 2017:73, Figs. 2, 4a, 5 [Hydrobiologia v. 790 (no. 1); ref. 34862] Pranhita River, Bejjur, Godavari river system, Telangana, India. Holotype: NBFGR RBAK 22. Paratypes: NBFGR, ZSI. •Valid as Rita bakalu Lal, Dwivedi & Singh 2017 -- (Grant 2020:23 [ref. 38010]). Current status: Valid as Rita bakalu Lal, Dwivedi & Singh 2017. Ritidae. Distribution: South Asia: Godavari river system (Telangana and Andhra Pradesh, India). Habitat: freshwater.

buchanani, Rita Bleeker [P.] 1853:123, Pl. 3 (fig. 1) [Verhandelingen van het Bataviaasch Genootschap van Kunsten en Wetenschappen. v. 25 (art. 8); ref. 341] Hooghly River, Calcutta, India. Syntypes: (3) RMNH PISC.6878 (2). Bleeker specimens (no types): AMS B.7955 (1), 7961 (1). Type catalog: Ferraris 2007:106 [ref. 29155], Grant 2020:26 [ref. 38010]. Based on literature sources and specimens; perhaps should be considered a replacement name for Pimelodus rita Hamilton 1822, apparently to avoid "Strickland tautonomy." •Synonym of Rita rita (Hamilton 1822) -- (Talwar & Jhingran 1991:578 [ref. 20764], Menon 1999:197 [ref. 24904], Ataur Rahman 2003:210 [ref. 31338], Jayaram 2006:19 [ref. 28762] dated to 1853, Ferraris 2007:106 [ref. 29155], Grant 2020:25 [ref. 38010]). Replacement Name. Current status: Synonym of Rita rita (Hamilton 1822). Ritidae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.

chrysea, Rita Day [F.] 1877:455, Pl. 104 (fig. 1) [The fishes of India Part 3; ref. 4886] Orissa, India [revised to Cuttack, Anaicut on River Mahanadi]. Holotype (unique): ZSI F498. Day specimens: RMNH 3026 (1). Type catalog: Menon & Yazdani 1968:125 [ref. 20743], Whitehead & Talwar 1976:157 [ref. 23762]., Ferraris 2007:105 [ref. 29155]. For locality see Jayaram 2006:13 [ref. 28762]. •Valid as Rita chrysea Day 1877 -- (Talwar & Jhingran 1991:576 [ref. 20764], Mo 1991:142 [ref. 19952], Ferraris 1999:21 [ref. 23839], Menon 1999:196 [ref. 24904], Ng 2004:1 [ref. 27758], Jayaram 2006:13 [ref. 28762], Ferraris 2007:105 [ref. 29155], Lal et al. 2017:80 [ref. 34862], Grant 2020:23 [ref. 38010], Kosygin et al. 2022:667 [ref. 40736]). Current status: Valid as Rita chrysea Day 1877. Ritidae. Distribution: South Asia: Mahanadi River and tributaries (India). Habitat: freshwater.

cruciger, Arius Owen [R.] 1853:26 [Descriptive catalogue of the osteological series; ref. 4988] Ganges River. No types known. Type catalog: Ferraris 2007:106 [ref. 29155]. Also seen as crucigera. •Species inquirenda in Rita -- (Ferraris 2007:106 [ref. 29155]). •Synonym of Rita rita (Hamilton 1822) -- (Menon 1999:197 [ref. 24904], Jayaram 2006:19 [ref. 28762], Grant 2020:25 [ref. 38010]). Current status: Synonym of Rita rita (Hamilton 1822). Ritidae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.

gogra, Phractocephalus Sykes [W. H.] 1839:164 [Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1838 (pt 6) (for 27 Nov. 1838); ref. 18720] Deccan, India. No types known. Type catalog: Ferraris 2007:105 [ref. 29155]. Appeared first as above, then in Sykes 1839:61 [ref. 4306]; more complete treatment in Sykes 1841:374, Pl. 66 (fig. 1) [ref. 18868]. •Incorrectly treated as a synonym of Rita pavimentatus Valenciennes 1840 -- (Talwar & Jhingran 1991:577 [ref. 20764] with wrong date, Menon 1999:197 [ref. 24904]). •Valid as Rita gogra (Sykes 1839) -- (Burgess 1989:66 [ref. 12860], Mo 1991:142 [ref. 19952], Ferraris 1999:21 [ref. 23839], Ng 2004:1 [ref. 27758], Jayaram 2006:15 [ref. 28762], Ferraris 2007:105 [ref. 29155], Lal et al. 2017:80 [ref. 34862], Grant 2020:24 [ref. 38010]). Current status: Valid as Rita gogra (Sykes 1839). Ritidae. Distribution: South Asia: Krishna, Godavari and Narmada River basins (India). Habitat: freshwater.

hastatus, Arius Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1840:97 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 15; ref. 1008] India. Holotype (unique): MNHN B-0591. Type catalog: Bertin & Estève 1950:29 [ref. 19575], Ferraris 2007:105 [ref. 29155]. Type information: Daget 1984:514 [ref. 23265]. Figured on Pl. 18 (fig. 2) of Valenciennes in Jacquemont 1844 [ref. 17872]. •Valid as Rita hastata (Valenciennes 1840) -- (Daget 1984:514 [ref. 23265]). •Synonym of Rita kuturnee (Sykes 1839) -- (Menon 1999:196 [ref. 24904], Jayaram 2006:16 [ref. 28762], Ferraris 2007:105 [ref. 29155], Lal et al. 2017:68 [ref. 34862], Grant 2020:25 [ref. 38010]). Current status: Synonym of Rita kuturnee (Sykes 1839). Ritidae. Habitat: freshwater.

kuturnee, Phractocephalus Sykes [W. H.] 1839:164 [Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1838 (pt 6) (for 27 Nov. 1838); ref. 18720] Deccan, India. No types known. Type catalog: Ferraris 2007:105 [ref. 29155]. Appeared first as above, then in Sykes 1839:61 [ref. 4306]; more complete treatment in Sykes 1841:372, Pl. 65 (fig. 3) [ref. 18868]. •Valid as Rita kuturnee (Sykes 1839) -- (Burgess 1989:66 [ref. 12860], Talwar & Jhingran 1991:577 [ref. 20764], Mo 1991:142 [ref. 19952], Ferraris 1999:21 [ref. 23839], Menon 1999:196 [ref. 24904], Yadav 2003:19 [ref. 27711], Ng 2004:1 [ref. 27758], Jayaram 2006:16 [ref. 28762] dated to wrong reference, Ferraris 2007:105 [ref. 29155], Lal et al. 2017:80 [ref. 34862], Grant 2020:25 [ref. 38010]). Current status: Valid as Rita kuturnee (Sykes 1839). Ritidae. Distribution: South Asia: Krishna and Godavari River systems (India). Habitat: freshwater.

macracanthus, Rita Ng [H. H.] 2004:2, Figs. 1-2a [Zootaxa No. 568; ref. 27758] Indus River at Attock, Pakistan. Holotype: UMMZ 237502. Paratypes: MCZ 22186 (2), RMNH 8795 (1). Type catalog: Ferraris 2007:106 [ref. 29155] Species epithet used as a noun. •Valid as Rita macracanthus Ng 2004 -- (Jayaram 2006:17 [ref. 28762], Ferraris 2007:106 [ref. 29155], Lal et al. 2017:80 [ref. 34862], Grant 2020:25 [ref. 38010], Çiçek et al. 2023:38 [ref. 40326]). Current status: Valid as Rita macracanthus Ng 2004. Ritidae. Distribution: South Asia: Indus River drainage (Afghanistan, Pakistan, and northwestern India). Habitat: freshwater.

pavimentatus, Arius Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1840:94 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 15; ref. 1008] Mumbai, India. Holotype (unique): MNHN B-0684. Type catalog: Bertin & Estève 1950:29 [ref. 19575], Ferraris 2007:105 [ref. 29155]. Type information: Daget 1984:513 [ref. 23265]. See also Valenciennes in Jacquemont 1844: Pl. 17 (fig. 2) [ref. 17872]. •Incorrectly treated as valid as Rita pavimentatus (Valenciennes 1840) -- (Talwar & Jhingran 1991:577 [ref. 20764] with wrong date, Menon 1999:197 [ref. 24904] with wrong date, Yadav 2003:19 [ref. 27711]). •Synonym of Rita gogra (Sykes 1839) -- (Jayaram 2006:15 [ref. 28762] wrongly dated to Valenciennes in Jacquemont 1832 [= 1844], Ferraris 2007:105 [ref. 29155], Grant 2020:24 [ref. 38010]). Current status: Synonym of Rita gogra (Sykes 1839). Ritidae. Habitat: freshwater.

rita, Pimelodus Hamilton [F.] 1822:165, 376, Pl. 24 (fig. 53) [An account of the fishes found in the river Ganges; ref. 2031] Bengal estuaries. No types known. Type catalog: Ferraris 2007:106 [ref. 29155]. Hamilton's original illustration reproduced by Britz 2019:Pl. 92 [ref. 37532]. •Valid as Rita rita (Hamilton 1822) -- (Shrestha 1978:38 [ref. 15970], Coad 1981:15 [ref. 22348], Burgess 1989:66 [ref. 12860], Ataur Rahman 1989:190 [ref. 24860], Talwar & Jhingran 1991:578 [ref. 20764], Mo 1991:142 [ref. 19952], Ferraris 1999:21 [ref. 23839], Menon 1999:197 [ref. 24904], Rafique 2000:325 [ref. 25220], Mirza 2000:356 [ref. 25207], Karmakar 2000:32 [ref. 25662], Mirza 2003:17 [ref. 27265], Yadav 2003:19 [ref. 27711], Ataur Rahman 2003:210 [ref. 31338], Ng 2004:1 [ref. 27758], Jayaram 2006:19 [ref. 28762], Ferraris 2007:106 [ref. 29155], Shrestha 2008:152 [ref. 29923], Lal et al. 2017:80 [ref. 34862], Grant 2020:25 [ref. 38010], Kosygin et al. 2022:667 [ref. 40736], Çiçek et al. 2023:53 [ref. 40326]). Current status: Valid as Rita rita (Hamilton 1822). Ritidae. Distribution: South Asia: Pakistan, northern India, Nepal, Bangladesh and Myanmar. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.

ritoides, Arius Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1840:92 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 15; ref. 1008] Bengal. Holotype (unique): MNHN B-0683. Type catalog: Bertin & Estève 1950:29 [ref. 19575], Ferraris 2007:106 [ref. 29155]. •Mention under Rita rita (Hamilton 1822) -- (Talwar & Jhingran 1991:578 [ref. 20764], Jayaram 2006:19 [ref. 28762]). •Synonym of Rita rita (Hamilton 1822) -- (Menon 1999:197 [ref. 24904], Ataur Rahman 2003:210 [ref. 31338], Ferraris 2007:106 [ref. 29155], Grant 2020:25 [ref. 38010]). Current status: Synonym of Rita rita (Hamilton 1822). Ritidae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.

sacerdotum, Rita Anderson [J.] 1879:864, Pl. 79 (fig. 3) [Anatomical and zoological researches; ref. 14265] Irrawaddy River at location of pagoda of Thingadow, 3rd Defile of Irrawaddy River, Myanmar. Holotype (unique): BMNH 1875.8.4.7 (dry, stuffed). Type catalog: Ferraris 2007:106 [ref. 29155]. •Questionably a synonym of Rita rita (Hamilton 1822) -- (Talwar & Jhingran 1991:578 [ref. 20764]). •Valid as Rita sacerdotum Anderson 1879 -- (Ferraris 1999:19 [ref. 23839], Ng 2004:1 [ref. 27758], Jayaram 2006:21 [ref. 28762], Ferraris 2007:106 [ref. 29155], Kottelat 2013:266 [ref. 32989], Lal et al. 2017:80 [ref. 34862], Grant 2020:26 [ref. 38010]). Current status: Valid as Rita sacerdotum Anderson 1879. Ritidae. Distribution: Southeast Asia: Irrawaddy, Sittang and Salween River basins (Myanmar and western Thailand). Habitat: freshwater, brackish.

sykesii, Gogrius Day [F.] 1867:563 [Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1867 (pt 2) (art. 7); ref. 1075] Kurnool and the Deccan, India. Syntypes and/or Day specimens: ZSI 1200 (1), 3107 (1, lost), ? BMNH 1867.5.30.10 (1). Type catalog: Whitehead & Talwar 1976:157 [ref. 23762], Ferraris 2007:105 [ref. 29155], Grant 2020:24 [ref. 38010]. Unneeded new name for Phractocephallus gogra Syker 1839 to avoid Strickland tautonymy. Reasons for loss of ZSI type specimens during WWII see Chopra 1947:349-350 [ref. 33077]. •Synonym of Rita pavimentata (Valenciennes 1840) -- (Menon 1999:197 [ref. 24904]). •Synonym of Rita gogra (Sykes 1839) -- (Jayaram 2006:15 [ref. 28762] as sykesi, Ferraris 2007:105 [ref. 29155], Grant 2020:24 [ref. 38010]). Current status: Synonym of Rita gogra (Sykes 1839). Ritidae. Habitat: freshwater.