Identification and diversity of Sarbaz River fishes (Sistan & Baluchestan Province)

This survey was carried out seasonally from June 2009 to June 2010 to indentify and determine fish diversity of Sarbaz River, Sistan and Baluchestan province. Ten sampling stations were detected along the Sarbaz River with different elevation of 20 to 862 meters above sea level, of which 5 stations were located upper the Pishin Dam and the other 5 stations were located on the down the dame. After capturing the fish using Electroshocker, the samples were transfer to the laboratory for species identification, biometery and data analysis. In total 514 fishes were captured which 12 species were identified. They were belonged to seven families of Cyprinidae, Gobiidae, Balitoridae, Channidae, Cyprinodontidae, Poeciliidae and Mugilidae. Among the identified species, 72% were from Cyprinidae, 12% from Gobiidae, 9% from Channidae, 7% from Balitoridae and 0.01% from Cyprinodontidae family. Three identified species of Gambusia holbrooki, Liza abu and Cyprinus carpio were exotic.