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  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. ›phylumChordata
  3. ›orderSiluriformes
  4. ›familyBagridae
  5. ›genusRita
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IUCN DD · Data deficient

Bakalu Catfish

Rita bakalu Lal, Dwivedi & Singh, 2017

First described in: Lal, K. K.; Dwivedi, A. K.; Singh, R. K.; Mohindra, V.; Chandra, S.; Gupta, B. K.; Dhawan, S.; Jena, J. (2016). A new Bagrid catfish species, Rita bakalu (Siluriformes: Bagridae), from the Godavari River basin, India. <em>Hydrobiologia.</em> 790(1): 67-81.

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From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 11203353.