Ganges river sprat
Corica soborna
- Water temperature28–28 °C
- Best monthsMarch, June, and December
- How commonRare
Photo credit: (c) Sabarni Sarker, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Sabarni Sarker · CC BY · iNaturalist
About this species
Corica soborna, also known as Ganges river sprat, is a species of fish in the Corica genus. It is known as Kechki in Bengali.
Text from the Wikipedia article “Corica soborna”, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Read the article
Where and when
Where it has been recorded
Worldwide
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Best months
Worldwide (open data)
- January: 0 records
- February: 0 records
- March: 1 records
- April: 0 records
- May: 0 records
- June: 1 records
- July: 0 records
- August: 0 records
- September: 0 records
- October: 0 records
- November: 0 records
- December: 1 records
Depth and water temperature
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 28–28 °C
Names and classification
- English
- Ganges river sprat, The Ganges River Sprat
Other scientific names: Corcia soborna, Corica argentata, Corica biharensis, Corica pseudopterus, Corica sobrona, Spratella pseudopterus
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Sources and credits
Names and taxonomy: WoRMS (CC BY 4.0) and the GBIF Backbone (CC BY 4.0). Photos: iNaturalist observers, each under the licence shown (CC0, CC BY or CC BY-SA).
- Depth, temperature, months and maps: records from OBIS and GBIF under CC0 or CC BY.
- Descriptions: Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA, each linked to its article.
- Conservation status as published by GBIF (IUCN Red List).
- 37 open-data records from 1822 to 1989.
- Species data updated November 1, 2026.
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