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Rita rita (Common names: rita (English), রিঠা (Bengali)) is a species of bagrid catfish that is found across southern Asia. It has been recorded in Afghanistan, Bangladesh, India, Myanmar, Nepal and Pakistan. It is one of the giants of its genus, growing a length of 150 cm. It is commercially fished for human consumption.
In 1993, Pangasius was one of two extant genera (along with Helicophagus) in the family Pangasiidae.At this point, it was split into four subgenera. Pangasius (Pangasianodon) included P. gigas and P. hypophthalmus and was diagnosed by the absence of mandibular barbels, the absence of teeth in adults and the presence of a single-lobed swimbladder.
Pangasius pangasius, the Pangas catfish, is a species of shark catfish native to fresh and brackish waters of Bangladesh, India, Myanmar, and Pakistan. [1] [2] It has also been introduced to Cambodia and Vietnam. This species grows to a standard length of 3 metres (9.8 ft).
Basa (Pangasius bocourti), as it is commonly referred to, is a species of primarily freshwater-dwelling catfish in the shark-catfish family, Pangasiidae, native to the Mekong and Chao Phraya river basins of Mainland Southeast Asia. [2] Economically, these fish are important as a regional food source, and are also prized on the international market.
Clarias catfish and primarily Clarias batrachus (walking catfish) have been introduced to many different areas of the world, where they are causing problems for the native wildlife. The effect of introduction of these fish varies from area to area, but as they are predatory, they often affect the local wildlife by eating other fish, birds, and ...
The maximum length is 160 cm (5.2 ft) in the blue catfish and the flathead catfish. [5] The bullheads, though, are small catfish which at maturity often weigh less than 0.5 kg (1 lb), while the madtoms (genus Noturus ) are in general much smaller.
[1] Since 1961, the average annual increase in global apparent food fish consumption (3.2 percent) has outpaced population growth (1.6 percent) and exceeded consumption of meat from all terrestrial animals , combined (2.8 percent) and individually (bovine, ovine, porcine, etc.), except poultry (4.9 percent).
Pterygoplichthys anisitsi [1] [2] also known as the Paraná sailfin catfish, southern sailfin catfish, is a species of catfish in the family Loricariidae. [3] Its natural range is the middle Paraná and Uruguay River basins of south-central South America, [4] but it has been introduced to North America and South Asia, probably via the pet trade.