Fish diversity of the Kokcha River in Badakhshan Province, Afghanistan
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https://doi.org/10.33910/2686-9519-2023-15-1-162-169Keywords:
Badakhshan, Kokcha River, fish diversity and abundanceAbstract
The reported survey was conducted in the Kokcha River of Badakhshan Province, northeastern Afghanistan. The survey was carried out once in each season of 2021 by using a variety of fishing tackle, e.g., hooks and gill nets. During the research, a total of 311 fish specimens were collected from the four sampling sites. Sabzi Bahar was one of the sites that had the maximum number of fish — 30.69% followed by Baharak, 27.33%, and Pol-e-Bigam 22.50% and the minimum number of fish 19.29% were collected from the Shahr-e Naw site. We found that Schizothorax curvifrons is the most abundant species at 38.90%, followed by Glyptothorax cavia at 28.29%, Paracobitis longicauda at 20.90%, and Salmo trutta were the fewer abundance species at 11.89% in the study area.
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