author(s)
Tahir Azeem, Wahab Ud Din, Asmatullah, Feroz Khan, Hameed Ur Rehman, Sumbal Naseem and Syed Sikandar Habib

abstract
Fishes are the aquatic cold blooded animals, respire by gills, swimming by fins and body is covered by scales. The current study was conducted with the main aim to investigate the fish biodiversity of Bahawal Garhriver in district Kohat. Present survey was conducted from October 2017 to March 2018 and total of 06 species belonging 06 genera, 05 families and 05 orders with a total catch of about 70 specimens were collected from Bahawal Garh river district Kohat. The cyprinidae family was most abundant represented by 03 species, belonidae, sisoridae and mastacembelidae were represented by 01 species. The percentile values of Pethiaconchonius, Labeodyocheiluspakistanicus, Ctenopharyngodon idella, Xenentodon Cancila, Glyptothorax cavia and Mastacembelus armatus were 30%, 15%, 30%, 07%, 22% and 26% respectively. The fingerlings of new fish species should be introduced in the river and to enhance the fish production in the region to provide cheap and best quality proteins to the people of the area.