Rita (fish)
# 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
