“…Among the 14 species barcoded fishes, four were introduced fishes i.e., Clarias gariepinus, Oreochromis niloticus, Xiphophorus hellerii, and Cyprinus carpio (see Lowe et al 2000, Anonymous 2011, and the rest indigenous species, two being endemic i.e., Rasbora tawarensis and Poropuntius tawarensis. Genetic study on C. carpio from Turkey and Uzbekistan were reported by some researchers (Murakaeva et al 2003, Kohlmann et al 2005, Memiş and Kohlmann 2006, and X. hellerii was reported by Mejía et al (2012), however, the genetic characteristic of wild C. carpio, X. hellerii, C. gariepinus, and O. niloticus from Lake Laut Tawar, Indonesia have not previously been evaluated. This study was the first report on the genetic status of freshwater fishes in Aceh region Indonesia, except for Rasbora group in Lake Laut Tawar which was reported by Muchlisin et al (2012).…”