There are 531 species of fish in Pakistan. 233 of them are of fresh water.[1] 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 edit
- Tor putitora - Mahasher "(National fish of Pakistan)"
- Labeo rohita - Rohu
- Catla catla - Thela/theri Fish
- Labeo calabasu - Dahi
Family Clupeidae edit
Family Chandidae edit
Spiny-rayed fishes edit
- 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
- 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. BIOSCIENCE PK, LLC. ISSN 2521-5760. Retrieved March 18, 2019.