''Rita chrysea'', or the Mahanadi rita, is a species of
bagrid catfish endemic to
India where it inhabits the
Mahanadi River system in
Orissa and
Madhya Pradesh. It is found in
rivers and large
stream
A stream is a continuous body of water, body of surface water Current (stream), flowing within the stream bed, bed and bank (geography), banks of a channel (geography), channel. Depending on its location or certain characteristics, a stream ...
s. Spawning occurs during the
monsoon months. It grows to a length of 19.5 cm and is
commercially fished for human consumption.
References
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Bagridae
Catfish of Asia
Endemic fauna of India
Freshwater fish of India
Taxa named by Francis Day
Fish described in 1877
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