List of fish in Pakistan



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

 * Tor putitora - Mahasher "(National fish of Pakistan)"
 * Labeo rohita - Rohu
 * Catla catla - Thela/theri Fish
 * Labeo calabasu - Dahi

Family Clupeidae

 * Gudusia chapra
 * Tenualosa ilisha

Family Chandidae

 * Channa marulius
 * Channa striata
 * Channa punctata
 * Channa gachua

Spiny-rayed fishes

 * Colisa lalia
 * Colisa fasciata
 * Oreochromis mossambicus
 * Badis badis
 * Sicamugil cascasia
 * Glossogobius giuris
 * Chanda nama
 * Chanda baculis
 * Nandus nandus
 * Chanda ranga

Exotic species

 * 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