Rita (fish)
Rita, commonly known as velvet catfishes, is a genus of catfish found in South Asia. It is the only member of the family Ritidae. 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.
Species
There are currently 7 recognized species in this genus:Rita bakalu K. K. Lal, Dwivedi & R. K. Singh, 2016 Rita chrysea F. Day, 1877Rita gogra Rita kuturnee Rita macracanthus H. H. Ng, 2004Rita rita Rita sacerdotum J. Anderson, 1879In addition, the fossil species Rita grandiscutata is known from the Early Pliocene-aged sediments in the Siwalik Hills of Punjab.