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Siluriformes (Catfishes) > 
Ritidae (Velvet catfishes)						
							
							Etymology: Rita: A vernacular name from Bangladesh.
More on author: Day.						
					
				
					Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range					
						Ecology					
				
				
				
					Freshwater;  demersal; amphidromous (Ref. 51243). Tropical				
				 
			
			
			
				
				
				
					Asia:  Mahanadi river system in Orissa and Madhya Pradesh, India.
				
				
			
			
				
					Size / Weight / Age
				
				
				
					Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
 Max length : 19.5 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 41236)				
				 
			
			
			
			
			
			
			
			
				Occurs in rivers and large streams (Ref. 41236).  Spawning occurs during the monsoon months (Ref. 4833).			
			 
			
			
			
				
					Life cycle and mating behavior					
					Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae				
				
				
				
								
				
			
			 
				
				
				
					Talwar, P.K. and A.G. Jhingran, 1991. Inland fishes of India and adjacent countries. Volume 2. A.A. Balkema, Rotterdam, i-xxii + 543-1158, 1 pl. (Ref. 4833)
				
				 
			
			
			
							
					
						IUCN Red List Status   (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)
					
					
				 
					
			
			
			
			
			
			
			
				
					Threat to humans  
				
				
				
					  Harmless				
				
			 
			
			
			
			
				
					Human uses  				
				
				
					Fisheries: commercial				
				
				
			
			
						
			
			
			
				
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					Phylogenetic diversity index  (Ref. 
82804):  PD
50 = 0.5156   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].					
													Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01072 (0.00491 - 0.02339), b=2.95 (2.77 - 3.13), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref. 
93245).
					
					Trophic level  (Ref. 
69278):  3.3   ±0.5 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives					
											
				
				
									
					
											
				
									
					Fishing Vulnerability  (Ref. 
59153):  Low vulnerability (10 of 100). 
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