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Rita rita

Description

Rita rita (Hamilton, 1822)

Remarks. This species was listed by Coad (1981) in Afghanistan. However, it is distributed in the Ganges and Bengal river estuaries. Afghanistan is not included in the natural distribution range of the species. The presence of the species needs clarification.

Notes

Published as part of Çiçek, Erdoğan, Fricke, Ronald, Eagderi, Soheil, Sungur, Sevil, Coad, Brian W & Hamdard, Mohammad Hamid, 2023, Fishes of Afghanistan; a revised and updated annotated checklist, pp. 1-69 in Zootaxa 5305 (1) on page 53, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5305.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/8048564

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Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Hamilton
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Order
Siluriformes
Family
Bagridae
Genus
Rita
Species
rita
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Rita rita (Hamilton, 1822) sec. Çiçek, Fricke, Eagderi, Sungur, Coad & Hamdard, 2023

References

  • Hamilton, F. (1822) An account of the fishes found in the river Ganges and its branches. Printed for A. Constable and company, Edinburgh and London, vii + 405 pp., pls. 1 - 39. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. title. 59540
  • Coad, B. W. (1981) Fishes of Afghanistan, an annoted checklist. National Museum of Canada Publications in Zoology, 14, i - v + 1 - 26.