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Pan-fried yellow-tail mullet with spices: Kachki machher Chachchari

Yellow-tail mullet (Sicamugil cascasia)

 

Name in Bengali: Kachki/Kechki/Keski

 

Taxonomy:

Phylum Chordata

Subphylum Craniata

Class Actinopterygii

Order Mugiliformes

Family Mugilidae (mullets)

Genus Sicamugil

Species Sicamugil cascasia

 

Habitat: freshwater.

 

Maximum size: 10 cm; individuals in the photograph are about 2-3 cm long.

 

Not in IUCN Red List.

 

Above scientific information from www.fishbase.org/home.html.

 

The species is a popular food-fish in both Bangladesh and India, especially among the Bengalees.

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Uploaded on November 8, 2007
Taken on October 28, 2007