Corica soborna Hamilton, 1822 English Name: Ganges river sprat, Ganga river-sprat Bengali Name: Kachki (কাচকি), Guramach (গুড়ামাছ), Taki (তাকি) IUCN (Bangladesh) Status: Not threatened Ctenopharyngodon idella (Valenciennes 1844) English Name: Grass carp Bengali Name: Grass carp (গ্রাস কার্প),
Grass carp: Ctenopharyngodon idella
Grass carp [Ctenopharyngodon idella] is naturally inhabitant in China and Eastern Siberia specially Amur river system. In 1966 and 1979, this carp is introduced to Bangladesh from Hong Kong and Japan orderly for weed control and aquaculture purpose (Rahman, 2005).