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Rita
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Rita

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.

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7 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 7 known species

Rita

speciesRita rita

Velvet Catfish

speciesRita gogra

Rita chrysea

speciesRita chrysea

Deccan Rita

speciesRita kuturnee

Rita sacerdotum

speciesRita sacerdotum

Rita macracanthus

speciesRita macracanthus

Bakalu Rita

speciesRita bakalu

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In the old herbals & bestiaries

Rita in On Hebrew-Samaritan Coins

On Hebrew-Samaritan Coins

Pérez Bayer, Francisco · 1781 · p.25

Rita in On Hebrew-Samaritan Coins

On Hebrew-Samaritan Coins

Pérez Bayer, Francisco · 1781 · p.111

Rita in A Monograph of the Mycetozoa, being a descriptive catalogue of the species in the herbarium of the British Museum

A Monograph of the Mycetozoa, being a descriptive catalogue of the species in the herbarium of the British Museum

Arthur Lister (1830-1908); plates by Gulielma Lister · 1894 · p.375

Rita in History of Animals, Book I: On Viviparous Quadrupeds

History of Animals, Book I: On Viviparous Quadrupeds

Conrad Gessner · 1554 · p.958

Rita in Historiae Animalium Liber III: De Avium Natura

Historiae Animalium Liber III: De Avium Natura

Conrad Gesner · 1555 · p.813

Rita in Famine Relief Herbal

Famine Relief Herbal

Zhu Su · 1406 · p.53

Rita in Herbarius

Herbarius

1485 · p.220

Rita in Herbal of Virtues

Herbal of Virtues

1499 · p.219

Rita in On Medical Materials in Six Books

On Medical Materials in Six Books

Dioscorides · 1550 · p.507

Rita in De medicinali materia libri sex

De medicinali materia libri sex

Dioscorides · 1552 · p.515

Rita in Books on Marine Fishes

Books on Marine Fishes

Guillaume Rondelet · 1554 · p.225

Rita in Six Groups of the History of Plants

Six Groups of the History of Plants

Rembert Dodoens · 1583 · p.604

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 91787.