Morphological study of fish species belonging to the family Cyprinidae in Panjkora river, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
Cyprinidae fauna of Panjkora river, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
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https://doi.org/10.55627/zoobotanica.002.02.0739Keywords:
Fish, Cyprinidae, Panjkora river, Danioninae, LabeoninaeAbstract
The study evaluates the morphometric parameters of freshwater fish from the Cyprinidae family in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan at the Panjkora River. The ten species of the family Cyprinidae (Barilius pakistanicus, Barilius vagra, Carassius auratus, Cyprinus carpio, Tor putitora, Labeo rohita, Labeo diplocheilus, Schizothorax plagiostomus, Schizothorax esocinus, and Schizothorax labiatus) were identified from a total of 50 fish specimens collected from the study area. Seven morphometric parameters (Total length, fork length, standard length, head length, body depth, eye diameter, and snout length) were statistically analyzed using Excel and SPSS software. Ten species were categorized into four subfamilies within the family Cyprinidae. The two species belonging to the subfamily Cyprininae, three species to the subfamily Danioninae, two species to the subfamily Labeoninae, and three species to the subfamily Barbinae. This study serves as a baseline for future taxonomic studies on ichthyofauna.
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