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River Panjkora, a home of aquatic fauna located in district Dir Upper Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. It is 152km long river that originated from Hindu Kush mountains Dir Kohistan and flows through the valley of Dir Upper and joins with River Kabul at Totakan region district Malakand. The present study was conducted to study the fish diversity of river Panjkora from March to September 2023. Fish samples were collected from different localities from river Panjkora using cast net and trammel net and preserved in 10% formalin in clean sterile bottles. A total of 10 different fish species were identified from this river. The river Panjkora is perennial river and support the diverse range of fish fauna due water quality and continuous flow of water through out of the year. The present documented the importance river Panjkora as habitat diverse range fish. But however the Ichthyofauna is under the threat due pollution, habitat loss and over fishing. This study provide baseline for future to study on the diversity of Ichthyofauna of river Panjkora, Dir upper Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan.