List of fishes of Pakistan
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There are 531 species of fishes in Pakistan, of these, 233 are freshwater fish.[1] The mahseer is the national fish of Pakistan.
- Notopterus notoperus
- Notopterus chitala
- Naziritor zhobensis
- Triplophysa stoliczkai - found only in Deosai
- Diptyichus maculatus - found only in Deosai
- Ptychobarbus conirostis - found only in Deosai
Family Cyprinidae
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- Tor putitora - golden mahasher, the national fish of Pakistan
- Labeo rohita - rohu
- Catla catla - thela/theri fish
- Labeo calabasu - dahi
Family Clupeidae
[edit]Family Chandidae
[edit]Spiny-rayed fishes
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- Colisa lalia
- Colisa fasciata
- Oreochromis mossambicus
- Badis badis
- Sicamugil cascasia
- Glossogobius giuris
- Chanda nama
- Chanda baculis
- Nandus nandus
- Chanda ranga
Exotic species
[edit]- Salmo trutta - brown trout
- Oncorhynchus mykiss - rainbow trout
- Cyprinus carpio - European carp
- Cyprinus carpio - also known as common carp
- Chinese carps
- Ctenopharyngodon idella - grass carp
- Hypophthalmichthys molitrix - silver carp
- Hypophthalmichthys nobilis - big head carp
References
[edit]- ^ Dg., Dayyal (April 28, 2009) [2009]. "Edible Fishes in Pakistan". BioScience. ISSN 2521-5760. Retrieved March 18, 2019.
