There are 531 species of fishes in Pakistan, of these, 233 are freshwater fish. The mahseer is the national fish of Pakistan.
Diptychus maculatus - scaly osman (found only in Deosai) Naziritor zhobensis - Zhobi mahseer Notopterus chitala Notopterus notopterus - bronze featherback Ptychobarbus conirostris (found only in Deosai) Triplophysa stoliczkai - Tibetan stone loach (found only in Deosai)
Family Cyprinidae
Catla catla - thela/theri fish Labeo calbasu - dahi/orangefin labio Labeo rohita - rohu Tor putitora - golden mahasher, the national fish of Pakistan
Family Clupeidae Gudusia chapra Tenualosa ilisha - ilish
Family Chandidae Channa gachua Channa marulius Channa punctata Channa striata
Spiny-rayed fishes
Badis badis Colisa lalia - dwarf gourami Chanda baculis Chanda nama - elongate glassy perchlet Chanda ranga - Indian glassy perch Colisa fasciata Glossogobius giuris - tank goby Nandus nandus Oreochromis mossambicus - Mozambique tilapia Sicamugil cascasia - yellowtail millet
Exotic species Ctenopharyngodon idella - grass carp Cyprinus carpio - common carp Hypophthalmichthys molitrix - silver carp Hypophthalmichthys nobilis - big head carp Maculabatis arabica - Arabic whipray Oncorhynchus mykiss - rainbow trout Salmo trutta - brown trout Chinese carps
References
"List of Freshwater Fishes for Pakistan" Wildlife - Northern Areas of Pakistan - Freshwater fish