Corica soborna

Corica soborna, also known as Ganges river sprat, is a species of fish in the Corica genus.^[2][3] It is known as Kechki in Bengali.^[4]

Corica soborna
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Clupeiformes
Family:	Ehiravidae
Genus:	Corica
Species:	C. soborna
Binomial name
Corica soborna F. Hamilton, 1822

Distribution

Ganges river sprat (Kachki fish), West Bengal, India

Corica soborna is found in Bangladesh, Brunei, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, and Thailand.^[2] It has been found in the Godavari river basin of Southern India.^[4]

Uses

Corica soborna, called kachki, is cooked with potato in India.^[5] There are cooked as dry curry with potato in Bangladesh and usually caught in large numbers in Autumn.^[6]