Dandi Idhar Khel Lake fish fauna of district Karak, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan

Abstract

The present study was conducted to observe the fish biodiversity in Dandi Idhar Khel Lake of district Karak, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. The collection was made from August 2016 to September 2016. A total of seven fish species were collected, which belongs to three orders, three families and seven genera. Among seven fish species, five species belongs to family Cyprinidae, while the remaining two species belongs to families Anguillidae and Siluridae. Therefore, from the results of our recent study, it has been concluded that the Dandi Idhar Khel Lake of district Karak contains a suitable condition to support more diversity of the fish fauna. Hence, our present study will provide a lot of information about the diversity of fish fauna of Dandi Idhar Khel Lake that could be later valuable in systematic, fisheries management and conservation.