WoRMS taxon details
Rita rita (Hamilton, 1822)
282621 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:282621)
accepted
Species
Arius cruciger Owen, 1853 · unaccepted
Arius ritoides Valenciennes, 1840 · unaccepted
Pimelodus rita Hamilton, 1822 · unaccepted
Rita buchanani Bleeker, 1853 · unaccepted (synonym)
Rita crucigera (Owen, 1853) · unaccepted
Rita ritoides (Valenciennes, 1840) · unaccepted
(of Pimelodus rita Hamilton, 1822) Hamilton, F. (1822). An account of the fishes found in the river Ganges and its branches. <em>Edinburgh & London.</em> i-vii + 1-405, Pls. 1-39. [Often seen as Hamilton-Buchanan or Buchanan-Hamilton; in work as Hamilton [formerly Buchanan].]., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.6897
page(s): 165, 376, Pl. 24 (fig. 53) [details]
page(s): 165, 376, Pl. 24 (fig. 53) [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Rita rita (Hamilton, 1822). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=282621 on 2026-02-21
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Arius ritoides Valenciennes, 1840) Cuvier, G.; Valenciennes, A. (1840). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome quinzième. Suite du livre dix-septième. Siluroïdes. v. 15: i-xxxi + 1-540, Pls. 421-455. [Valenciennes authored volume. i-xxiv + 1-397 in Strasbourg edition.]. [details]
original description (of Pimelodus rita Hamilton, 1822) Hamilton, F. (1822). An account of the fishes found in the river Ganges and its branches. <em>Edinburgh & London.</em> i-vii + 1-405, Pls. 1-39. [Often seen as Hamilton-Buchanan or Buchanan-Hamilton; in work as Hamilton [formerly Buchanan].]., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.6897
page(s): 165, 376, Pl. 24 (fig. 53) [details]
original description (of Rita buchanani Bleeker, 1853) Bleeker, P. (1853). Nalezingen op de ichthyologische fauna van Bengalen en Hindostan. <em>Verhandelingen van het Bataviaasch Genootschap van Kunsten en Wetenschappen.</em> v. 25 (art. 8): 1-164 + 165-166, Pls. 1-6., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.60451 [details]
original description (of Pimelodus rita Hamilton, 1822) Hamilton, F. (1822). An account of the fishes found in the river Ganges and its branches. <em>Edinburgh & London.</em> i-vii + 1-405, Pls. 1-39. [Often seen as Hamilton-Buchanan or Buchanan-Hamilton; in work as Hamilton [formerly Buchanan].]., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.6897
page(s): 165, 376, Pl. 24 (fig. 53) [details]
original description (of Rita buchanani Bleeker, 1853) Bleeker, P. (1853). Nalezingen op de ichthyologische fauna van Bengalen en Hindostan. <em>Verhandelingen van het Bataviaasch Genootschap van Kunsten en Wetenschappen.</em> v. 25 (art. 8): 1-164 + 165-166, Pls. 1-6., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.60451 [details]
Ecology
ecology source
Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details] 
Other
additional source
Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Barcode of Life (45 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (12 publications) (from synonym Arius ritoides Valenciennes, 1840)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (22 publications) (from synonym Pimelodus rita Hamilton, 1822)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Arius cruciger Owen, 1853)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Rita rita)
To Fishbase (from synonym Arius cruciger Owen, 1853)
To Fishbase (from synonym Arius ritoides Valenciennes, 1840)
To Fishbase (from synonym Rita crucigera (Owen, 1853))
To GenBank (119 nucleotides; 120 proteins) (from synonym Pimelodus rita Hamilton, 1822)
To GenBank (119 nucleotides; 120 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (12 publications) (from synonym Arius ritoides Valenciennes, 1840)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (22 publications) (from synonym Pimelodus rita Hamilton, 1822)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Arius cruciger Owen, 1853)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Rita rita)
To Fishbase (from synonym Arius cruciger Owen, 1853)
To Fishbase (from synonym Arius ritoides Valenciennes, 1840)
To Fishbase (from synonym Rita crucigera (Owen, 1853))
To GenBank (119 nucleotides; 120 proteins) (from synonym Pimelodus rita Hamilton, 1822)
To GenBank (119 nucleotides; 120 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To ITIS
