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There are 531 species of fishes in Pakistan, of these, 233 are freshwater fish. 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. Dg., Dayyal (April 28, 2009) . "Edible Fishes in Pakistan". BioScience. ISSN 2521-5760. Retrieved March 18, 2019.

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

• Fish of South Asia
• Fish of Pakistan
• Fishing in Pakistan
• Lists of fishes by country