''Corica'' is a small genus of sprats that occur in rivers in
South Asia
South Asia is the southern subregion of Asia, which is defined in both geographical and ethno-cultural terms. The region consists of the countries of Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka.;;;;;;;; ...
and
Southeast Asia
Southeast Asia, also spelled South East Asia and South-East Asia, and also known as Southeastern Asia, South-eastern Asia or SEA, is the geographical United Nations geoscheme for Asia#South-eastern Asia, south-eastern region of Asia, consistin ...
. Two described species are placed in the genus.
Species
* ''
Corica laciniata''
Fowler, 1935 (Bangkok river sprat)
* ''
Corica soborna''
F. Hamilton, 1822 (Ganges river sprat)
References
*
Clupeidae
Fish of Asia
Taxa named by Francis Buchanan-Hamilton
Freshwater fish genera
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