Combined with the previous study and specimens preserved in the collection museum of College of Life Science,China West Normal University,the fish species of Jialing River was investigated and the ichthyologic fauna was analyzed.A total of 156 fish species were present in Jialing River,which belonged to 86 genera,18 families and 7 orders.Traditional method and the value of faunal presence (VFP) method were employed to study the ichthyologic fauna of Jialing River at the levels of order,family and genus respectively.The two methods exhibited two obviously different results.Traditional method indicated that some worldwide distributed families and genera had a small proportion in the Jialing River.However,the VFP method showed that,the proportion of some endemic families and genera turned out to be relatively high.The families Anguillidae and Amblycipitidae with highest VFP,had only one genera distributed in Asia.While the genera Jinshaia and Luciocyprinus ,which had one species distributed through the Yangtze River,exhibited a high VFP of 100%.Thus,in order to obtain a more comprehensive and exact understanding of the Jialing River fish fauna characteristics,the two methods should be used in combination.Furthermore,the ichthyologic fauna of Jialing River and Yangtze River were compared and the results indicated a high similarity.