List of fish in Pakistan

Wildlife of Pakistan
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There are 531 species of Fish in Pakistan. 233 of them are of fresh water. Mahseer is the national fish of Pakistan. Here is a list of these fishes:

Notopterus notoperus
Notopterus chitala
Naziritor zhobensis
Triplophysa stoliczkai - Deosai only
Diptyichus maculatus - Deosai only
Ptychobarbus conirostis - Deosai only

Family Cyprinidae

Mahseer, National fish of Pakistan

Thela Fish

Family Clupeidae

Gudusta chapra
Taenialosa ilisha

Family Chandidae

Spiny-rayed fishes

Gourami

Colisa lalia
Colisa fasciata
Oreochromis mossambica
Badis badis
Sicamugil cascasia
Glossgobius giuris
Chanda nama
Chanda baculis
Nandus nandus
Chanda ranga

Rainbow Trout

Exotic species

Salmo trutta - Brown trout
Oncorhynchus mykiss - Rainbow trout
Cyprinus carpio - Chinese carp

References

List of fish in Asia

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