Fish fauna in Hazara Region at River Dour, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
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Fish fauna in Hazara Region at River Dour, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
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A detailed study was carried out to explore, fish, fauna in Hazara region at River Dour KP, Pakistan from March, 2013 to February, 2017. Five sampling stations were selected for Ichthyofauna collection. These sampling sites were Dobandi, Jama, Makkhana, Mankarai and Sarai Saleh. Collection of Ichthyofauna was carried out with the different fish gars. Maximum numbers of fish species (6) were collected from the Jama point while minimum collection (4) was carried out from Makkhana sampling site. Overall fishes collected from the five sampling sites comprising 3 Orders, 4 Families, 9 Genera’s and 9 Species respectively. The family Cyprinidae was found the most dominant which was represented by 6 Species; Siluridae, Bagridae and Mastacembelidae were represented by only one species each respectively.
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