Rita (fish)
| Rita Temporal range: Lower Pliocene to Recent | |
|---|---|
| Rita rita | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Siluriformes |
| Superfamily: | Bagroidea |
| Family: | Ritidae Bleeker, 1858 |
| Genus: | Rita Bleeker, 1853 |
| Type species | |
| Pimelodus rita Hamilton, 1822 | |
Rita (from the Bengali name of Rita rita), commonly known as velvet catfishes, is a genus of catfish found in South Asia. It is the only member of the family Ritidae. 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.