Identification of Fish fauna in River Dor at Dobandi Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan

Abstract

The current research was undertaken to investigate fish fauna in River Dor at Dobandi site Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan from March, 2013 to February, 2016. Fishes were collected with the help of various fish gars like cast net, gill net and drag net, etc. The identified fish species belong to one class Actinopterygii, three 3 Orders Cypriniformes, Synbranchiformes and Suliriformes, 4 Families Cyprinidae, Siluridae, Bagridae and Mastacembelidae, 5 Genera’s and 5 Species respectively. In the present study Cyprinidae was the richest Family which was represented by 2 Species while Siluridae, Bagridae and Mastacembelidae comprising only one species each. From the current survey, it can be concluded that River Dor at Dobandi site are very good habitat for fish fauna.