The document summarizes a study of fish species in the Swat River in Pakistan. It identifies 9 fish species found in the river, belonging to families Salmonidae and Cyprinidae. The most commonly found species was the snow trout (Schizothorax richardsonii). Details are provided on the physical characteristics and distributions of several of the identified fish species, including the rainbow trout, snow trout, goldfish, Kashmir latia, sundali, chakaar machlee. The study aims to observe and understand the fish fauna and population dynamics in different zones of the Swat River.

1. With the name of
ALLAH,
The Beneficent
and
Most merciful

2. AKHTAR SHAH1, FARZANA PARVEEN2 AND BAKHT NAWAB3
1M.Sc Student, 2Chairperson, Department of
Zoology, Hazara University, Garden
campus, Mansehra and 3 Assistant
Professor, Department of Biology, AKL post
Graduate College Matta, Distt Swat

3. INTRODUCTION
 Swat
 Lush green & historic
valley,T.A 5337 km,
 Population, 125760
 River Swat
 Originates from
Kohistan, T.L 250 km
 Provides a habitat to
many Fish species
 Study on specified area
 Objectives
 Observation of fish
fauna of a particular
part
 Ecotonal habitat is of
special significance
 Population dynamics
after historical flood

4. METHOD AND MATERIALS
 Study area was divided into 3 zones
1) K. Khela to Shen 2) Shen to Baghdaire
3) Baghdaire to Qandil
 Collection was done from specific sites
 Materials
 Cast net, automatic rods, hook net, hand
net and locally adopted divices
 Prservation
 Caring the collection
 Measurements and laboratory work
 Identification

5. RESULTS
 9 fish species were
identified
 Oncorhyncus mykiss
 Schizothorax
richardsonii
 Carassius auratus
 Crossocheilus
diplocheilus
 Schistora alepidota
 Glyptosternum
reticulatum
 Cyprinus carpio
 Triplophysa choprai
 Triplophysa naziri
 Rainbow trout,
Oncorhyncus mykiss
(Walbaum, 1792)
 Classification
 K: Animalia; P: Chordata;
C: Actinoperygii;
 O: Salmoniformes; Family:
Salmonidae
 Compressed and elongate
body,
 Head moderate, large and
superior eyes
 Dorsal fin moderate,
elongate adipose dorsal fin,
caudal fin forked
 Mouth lanceulate
 Olive green to steely blue,
small dark spots on the
body
 Distribution

6. Snow trout, Schizothorax richardsonii (Tilak, 1987)
 O: Cypriniformes; F: Cyprinidae
 Abundatly found species, collected from
various places
 Body strem lined, 4.1 to 6.2 times..
 Mouth inferior, transverse, barbells two
pairs
 Dorsal fin strong, serrated and mid way
b/w snout tip
 Steel gray, lighter bellow, belly yellowish
white, body with small dots, caudal fin
yellowish, dorsal fin grayish.

7. Gold fish/ gold carp, Carassius auratus
(Day, 1877)
 O: Cypriniformes; F: Cyprinidae
 Many species collected
 Body stout, high and compressed,
 Head small and slightly compressed.
 Mouth small, terminal and oblique, upper
jaw protictile
 Dorsal fin srong, anal quarish, pectoral
rounded
 Olivacious bronze to deep golden, belly
silvery white, fins dark olive green.

8. Kashmir latia, Crossocheilus diplocheilus (Heckel,
1838)
 O: Cypriniformes; F: Cyprinidae
 Many species collected, no importance
 Body stout and thick
 Head flat and compressed, eyes
moderate
 Mouth inferior, barbells two pairs
 Scales moderate
 variable in colour, usually brownish on
back with irregular spots
 Caudal fin gray, dorsal with pink

9. Sundali, Shistora alipidota (Mirza and Banarescu, 1970)
 O:Cypriniformes; F:Balitoridae
 Five species collected, no importance
 Body cylindrical,
 Head obtuse
 Mouth semicircular and ventral in
position, barbles three pairs, nostrils
closed to each other
 Eyes small, not visible under side,
 Head spotted, dark spot on the origin of
dorsal fin; dark band of caudal fin base

10. Chakaar machlee, Glyptosternum reticulatum
(McClelland, 1842)
 O: Siluriformes; F: Sisoridae
 25 species collected, delicious fish
 Body elongate
 Head flat and rounded
 Mouth inferior, four pair of barbles
 Eyes are of 7% of the head length
 Head length is about 20% of total
length
 Behind dorsal fin having adipose fin
 Some bluish, yellowish, stone like

11. Conclusions References
 During the present
study 9 species were
collected.
 Minimum fish species
collected belong to
family Salmonidae
 Maximum fish species
collected belong to
family Cyprinidae
 The collected fish
species were preserved,
identified and labeled.
 Widely distributed fish
species found in the
area was Schizothorax
richardsonii.
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