Fish Diversity of Fresh Water Bodies of Suleman Mountain Range, Dera Ghazi Khan Region, Pakistan (Report‪)‬

Byline: Muhammad Ali, Sajjad Hussain, Javed Akhter Mahmood, Rehana Iqbal and Amjad Farooq Abstract. - The present study synthesized information on fish biodiversity in the freshwater bodies of Suleman mountain range Dera Ghazi Khan, Pakistan at eight different sites an attempt to explore the diversity of the fishes of this unexplored region. 15 species belonging to 5 families under 13 genera were found during the study period from January 2004- December 2006. From the data for species richness and relative abundance it was found that the species richness was maximum at Hinglon (site 8) and minimum at Siri (site 6). It is evident from the results that the region is poor in diversity. However, it is concluded that fish diversity is very much conserved in the region.