Kèthiakh/kethiakh, a salt-cured dried ocean fish added to flavor popular traditional Senegalese and West African sauces. Shown here as sold in the market for one typical family communal platter recipe. Not a large fish, in this cured manner used expressly for flavoring; the typical size is roughly 10-15 cm in length on average, before separating the very fine bones to be discarded. Written forms of the Wolof name vary: kèthiakh uses the French alphabet, while keccax (as per Senegalese official alphabet), names will vary between local languages.