List of fishes of Pakistan explained

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

• Tor putitora - golden mahasher, the 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
• 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

1. Edible Fishes in Pakistan. Dg.. Dayyal. April 28, 2009. BioScience. 2009. 2521-5760. March 18, 2019.

• "List of Freshwater Fishes for Pakistan"
• Wildlife - Northern Areas of Pakistan - Freshwater fish