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Scientific Name	**Rita sacerdotum** Anderson, 1879
Common Name	Salween Rita
Type Locality	Irrawaddy River at location of pagoda of Thingadow, 3rd Defile of Irrawaddy River, Myanmar.
Pronunciation	REET ah - sak err doe tum
Etymology	The name Rita is derived from the local name of the fish.
Species Information
Size	2000mm or 78.7" SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp.
Identification	Bagrid catfishes of the genus Rita Bleeker, 1854 are found in large rivers throughout the Indian subcontinent and Myanmar, and are capable of reaching sizes to 1500 mm TL (Talwar and Jhingran, 1991), although mature specimens of ca. 200-300 mm SL are more commonly encountered. The genus is diagnosed by the following synapomorphies (Mo, 1991): single pair of mandibular barbels, elongated Weberian apparatus firmly sutured to the basioccipital, and the sensory canal on the posttemporal enclosed within the bone.
Habitat Information
Distribution	Asia: Irrawaddy to Salween and Tennasserim, Myanmar. Myanmar Waters, Irrawaddy (click on these areas to find other species found there) Myanmar Waters, Tenasserim (click on these areas to find other species found there) Salween (click on these areas to find other species found there) Log in to view data on a map.
IUCN Red List Category	Least Concern, range map and more is available on the IUCN species page. Last assessed 2009.
Husbandry Information
Breeding	Unreported.
Breeding Reports	There is no breeding report.
Further Information
Reference	Anatomical and zoological researches, pp 864, Pl. 79 (fig. 3).
Registered Keepers	There is no registered keeper.
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Last Update	2019 Oct 09 09:33 (species record created: 2008 Nov 23 00:14)