🇦🇫 Fish of Afghanistan
10 fish from Afghanistan, best known first.
GroupSharkRayCarpCatfishSalmonidHerringCodTunaPerch-likeCichlidReef fishEelFlatfishLivebearerAncientOther
WaterRivers and lakesEstuaries and mangrovesCoasts and shelvesCoral reefsOpen oceanDeep seaPolar and cold seasCaves and springsBetween sea and river
🇦🇫 Afghanistan and 4 moreSpotted snakehead
Small carnivorous fish from South AsiaOther · Rivers and lakes
🇮🇷 Iran and 4 moreDwarf snakehead
Small freshwater fish native to southern AsiaOther · Rivers and lakes
🇦🇫 Afghanistan and 4 moreGiant river-catfish
Large bagrid catfish from South Asian riversCatfish · Rivers and lakes
🇨🇳 China and 4 moreSchizothorax plagiostomus
A high-altitude cyprinid from the Himalayan rivers.Carp · Rivers and lakes
🇮🇳 India and 4 moreCommon snowtrout
A cold-water cyprinid from Himalayan rivers.Carp · Rivers and lakes
🇦🇫 Afghanistan and 4 moreRita
Large bagrid catfish from South Asian riversCatfish · Rivers and lakes
🇵🇰 Pakistan and 4 moreMola carplet
A small freshwater fish from the Indian subcontinent valued as food.Carp · Rivers and lakes
🇦🇫 Afghanistan and 4 moreOlive barb
A cyprinid fish native to South and Southeast Asia.Carp · Rivers and lakes
🇧🇩 Bangladesh and 4 morePabdah catfish
Small spotted freshwater catfish from South AsiaCatfish · Rivers and lakes
🇵🇰 Pakistan and 3 moreKuria labeo
A large freshwater carp native to South Asia.Carp · Rivers and lakes
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Common snowtrout: L. Shyamal, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Spotted snakehead: Anup Sadi, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Dwarf snakehead: 5snake5, CC0, source
- Giant river-catfish: Staticd, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Rita: Sir Francis Day, Public domain, source
- Mola carplet: Sir Francis Day, Public domain, source
- Olive barb: Viswaprabha, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Pabdah catfish: Acarie Baron, Public domain, source
- Kuria labeo: Hamid Badar Osmany, CC BY 3.0, source