Arshad Muhammad arshadzoologybio@gmail.com Cholistan University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences CUVAS https://cuvas.edu.pk/ Qazi Adnan Ahmad qaziadnanahmad@cuvas.edu.pk 0000-0002-8446-8342 Cholistan University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences CUVAS https://cuvas.edu.pk/ Naz Huma Cholistan University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences CUVAS https://cuvas.edu.pk/ Wadood Fazal Cholistan University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences CUVAS https://cuvas.edu.pk/ 2026 Statistical mean values of microplastic abundance, FTIR peak assignments and microplastic contamination/risk indexes of Labeo rohita and Wallago attu from Sulemanki and Panjnad Barrages, Punjab, Pakistan dataset https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.997481 2026-09-22T12:13:40 This dataset reports microplastic (MP) abundance in the gastrointestinal tract (GIT) and muscle tissue of two freshwater fish species, Labeo rohita and Wallago attu, collected from two barrages on the Sutlej-Chenab river system in Punjab, Pakistan — Sulemanki Barrage and Panjnad Barrage. Tissue weight, MP count, and MP abundance per gram of tissue are reported as group-level summary statistics (mean ± standard error, SE) for each site×species×tissue combination, as presented in the source thesis; the number of individual fish underlying each summary value is not stated in the source and is not inferred here. Polymer identity of extracted particles (polyethylene, PET, polypropylene, and PVC) was supported by Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) on representative particles, using a spectral library match threshold of ≥0.70; a summary of the FTIR peak assignments is included as a supporting subtable, but no raw FTIR spectra are part of this dataset. Individual-fish-level MP records are not available for deposition; no reconstruction, pooling assumption, or imputation has been applied to derive them. A supplementary derived subtable of screening-level microplastic contamination/risk index classifications (MPCF, MPPLI, Hi, MPRI) is included; these are literature-coefficient-dependent screening indicators, not validated toxicity measures. This dataset is derived from the PhD thesis of Muhammad Arshad, Cholistan University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Bahawalpur, Pakistan (2026). Arshad Muhammad arshadzoologybio@gmail.com 2026 Synergistic Effects of Microplastics and Heavy Metals in the Aquatic Environment: A Risk-Based Approach thesis Cholistan University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Bahawalpur, Pakistan Hossain Nayem Das Satu Rahman Khan Mohammad Mizanur 0000-0001-6382-2085 Sarker Subrata Jeong Jae-Ho 2025 Investigation of Microplastic Accumulation in Two Freshwater Fish Species (Labeo rohita and Wallago attu) from Tanguar Haor, Bangladesh journal article Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology 115(5) https://doi.org/10.1007/s00128-025-04122-w 52 Lithner Delilah Larsson Åke Dave Göran 2011 Environmental and health hazard ranking and assessment of plastic polymers based on chemical composition journal article Science of the Total Environment 409(18) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2011.04.038 3309-3324 Raheel Syed Muhammad Moeen Uddin 0000-0003-4029-742X Qazi Adnan Ahmad qaziadnanahmad@cuvas.edu.pk 0000-0002-8446-8342 Latif Muhammad Naz Huma Waqas Yasir Lackner Maximilian 0000-0002-2673-7495 2025 Unveiling the microplastics menace in freshwater fishes: Evidence from the Panjnad Barrage, South Punjab, Pakistan journal article Fishes 10(5) https://doi.org/10.3390/fishes10050198 198 71.033333 73.866667 29.35 30.3775 72.45 29.86375 2025-02-01T00:00:00 2026-04-30T00:00:00 uncoded table PAN-LR-GIT Panjnad Barrage 29.35 71.033333 2025-02-01T00:00:00 2026-04-30T00:00:00 Coordinates are the barrage structure location (public record; Panjnad corroborated by Raheel et al. 2025, Fishes, describing the same site), not individual sampling-point coordinates, which were not retained in the surviving study records. Date/time given as first/last day of the documented study sampling period (Feb 2025-Apr 2026); exact per-visit dates were not retained. PAN-LR-MUS Panjnad Barrage 29.35 71.033333 2025-02-01T00:00:00 2026-04-30T00:00:00 Coordinates are the barrage structure location (public record; Panjnad corroborated by Raheel et al. 2025, Fishes, describing the same site), not individual sampling-point coordinates, which were not retained in the surviving study records. Date/time given as first/last day of the documented study sampling period (Feb 2025-Apr 2026); exact per-visit dates were not retained. PAN-WA-GIT Panjnad Barrage 29.35 71.033333 2025-02-01T00:00:00 2026-04-30T00:00:00 Coordinates are the barrage structure location (public record; Panjnad corroborated by Raheel et al. 2025, Fishes, describing the same site), not individual sampling-point coordinates, which were not retained in the surviving study records. Date/time given as first/last day of the documented study sampling period (Feb 2025-Apr 2026); exact per-visit dates were not retained. PAN-WA-MUS Panjnad Barrage 29.35 71.033333 2025-02-01T00:00:00 2026-04-30T00:00:00 Coordinates are the barrage structure location (public record; Panjnad corroborated by Raheel et al. 2025, Fishes, describing the same site), not individual sampling-point coordinates, which were not retained in the surviving study records. Date/time given as first/last day of the documented study sampling period (Feb 2025-Apr 2026); exact per-visit dates were not retained. SUL-LR-GIT Sulemanki Barrage 30.3775 73.866667 2025-02-01T00:00:00 2026-04-30T00:00:00 Coordinates are the barrage structure location (public record; Panjnad corroborated by Raheel et al. 2025, Fishes, describing the same site), not individual sampling-point coordinates, which were not retained in the surviving study records. Date/time given as first/last day of the documented study sampling period (Feb 2025-Apr 2026); exact per-visit dates were not retained. SUL-LR-MUS Sulemanki Barrage 30.3775 73.866667 2025-02-01T00:00:00 2026-04-30T00:00:00 Coordinates are the barrage structure location (public record; Panjnad corroborated by Raheel et al. 2025, Fishes, describing the same site), not individual sampling-point coordinates, which were not retained in the surviving study records. Date/time given as first/last day of the documented study sampling period (Feb 2025-Apr 2026); exact per-visit dates were not retained. SUL-WA-GIT Sulemanki Barrage 30.3775 73.866667 2025-02-01T00:00:00 2026-04-30T00:00:00 Coordinates are the barrage structure location (public record; Panjnad corroborated by Raheel et al. 2025, Fishes, describing the same site), not individual sampling-point coordinates, which were not retained in the surviving study records. Date/time given as first/last day of the documented study sampling period (Feb 2025-Apr 2026); exact per-visit dates were not retained. SUL-WA-MUS Sulemanki Barrage 30.3775 73.866667 2025-02-01T00:00:00 2026-04-30T00:00:00 Coordinates are the barrage structure location (public record; Panjnad corroborated by Raheel et al. 2025, Fishes, describing the same site), not individual sampling-point coordinates, which were not retained in the surviving study records. 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