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Rita kuturnee (Deccan rita)

Synonyms: Arius hastatus; Arius pumilus; Phractocephalus kuturnee; Rita hastata
Language: Kannada; Mandarin Chinese; Marathi

Wikipedia Abstract

Rita kuturnee is a species of bagrid catfish endemic to India where it occurs in the rivers of the Deccan Plateau up to the Krishna River system. It is an inhabitant of large rivers. It grows to a length of 30 cm and is commercially fished for human consumption.
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Attributes

Migration [1]  Amphidromous

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Procamallanus globoconchus <Unverified Name>[2]
Spinitectus longipapillatus <Unverified Name>[2]

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♦ 1Myers, P., R. Espinosa, C. S. Parr, T. Jones, G. S. Hammond, and T. A. Dewey. 2006. The Animal Diversity Web (online). Accessed February 01, 2010 at animaldiversity.org
♦ 2Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0