2009. A total of 401 fish belonging to four fish species were collected from the Euphrates River near Ash-Shamiyah (40km west of Ad-Dewaniyah). These fish were Hemrri, Barbus (Carasobarbus) luteus (Heckel, 1843) Khishni, Liza abu (Heckel, 1843), Lassaf, Alburnus caeruleus Heckel, 1843 and Carassuan carp Carassius carassius (Linnaeus, 1758).