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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

• 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

References

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