Rita gogra

Rita gogra is a species of bagrid catfish endemic to India where it is found in the rivers of the Deccan Plateau up to the Krishna River system.[1][3] It is an inhabitant of large rivers.[1] It grows to a total length of 26 cm[3] and is commercially fished for human consumption.[1][3]

Rita gogra
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Bagridae
Genus: Rita
Species:
R. gogra
Binomial name
Rita gogra
(Sykes, 1839)
Synonyms[2]
  • Phractocephalus gogra Sykes, 1839
  • Arius pavimentatus Valenciennes, 1840
  • Rita pavimentata (Valenciennes, 1840)
  • Rita pavimentatus (Valenciennes, 1840)
  • Gogrius sykesii Day, 1867

References
  1. Dahanukar, N. (2011). "Rita gogra". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2011: e.T172375A6878771. Retrieved 31 March 2020.
  2. "Synonyms of Rita gogra (Sykes, 1839)". Fishbase. Retrieved 1 August 2017.
  3. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2019). "Rita gogra" in FishBase. December 2019 version.


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