Klausewitzia ritae is a species of South American darter (family Crenuchidae) found in the upper Amazon River basin at the Peruvian/Brazilian border.

It is the only member of the genus Klausewitzia.

The fish is named in honor of Rita Klausewitz (d. 1995), the wife of ichthyologist Wolfgang Klausewitz.

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