Fish biodiversity of river swat

The fish fauna of river swat has been briefly discussed. fifty (50) species of freshwater fishes have been recorded from the river swat from its origin in kalam up to the confluence of river kabul and swat at charsadda. all the species are high asian and south asian but no west asian species has been recorded. present study adds six (6) new records from river swat namely barilius modestus,barilius vagra,gagata pakistanica,clupisoma garua,eutropiichthys vacha,and xenentodon cancilla. this paper includes names of all the fishes recorded from river swat and its tributaries up to may,2011. copyright 2013 zoological society of pakistan.