Rita macracanthus Ng, 2004

Çiçek, Erdoğan, Fricke, Ronald, Eagderi, Soheil, Sungur, Sevil, Coad, Brian W & Hamdard, Mohammad Hamid, 2023, Fishes of Afghanistan; a revised and updated annotated checklist, Zootaxa 5305 (1), pp. 1-69 : 38

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5305.1.1

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:55EB7903-BB1A-45F9-9660-16DAF957C67A

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8097278

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03CA1A3C-FF8F-FFAE-38E2-18658A1C6394

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Plazi

scientific name

Rita macracanthus Ng, 2004
status

 

Rita macracanthus Ng, 2004 View in CoL

[N]—Largespine rita

Taxonomy. Original description: Rita macracanthus Ng, 2004: 2 View in CoL , figs. 1–2a [Indus River at Attock, Pakistan; holotype: UMMZ 237502].— Afghanistan synonyms: None.—Revisions: None.—Illustration: Ng (2004: figs. 1–2a).

Status in Afghanistan. First record from Afghanistan by Coad (2014: 298); previously reported by McClelland (1842: 575) as Pimelodus rita (non Hamilton 1822); confirmed by Coad (2015: 229).—Afghanistan materials: None.

Distribution and habitat. Distribution in Afghanistan: Kabul River.—General distribution: Indus River drainage ( Afghanistan, Pakistan, and northwestern India).—Habitat: This species inhabits streams. Freshwater.

Economic importance. Locally commercially important.

Conservation. Conservation status in Afghanistan: Unknown.—IUCN: NE (2023).—Threats: Unknown.—Low sensitivity to human activities.—Not considered as a keystone species.—Decline status: Unknown.—Low priority for conservation action.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Actinopterygii

Order

Siluriformes

Family

Bagridae

Genus

Rita

Loc

Rita macracanthus Ng, 2004

Çiçek, Erdoğan, Fricke, Ronald, Eagderi, Soheil, Sungur, Sevil, Coad, Brian W & Hamdard, Mohammad Hamid 2023
2023
Loc

Rita macracanthus

Ng 2004: 2
2004
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