Comparative study of ctenoid scales was conducted with reference to the total body length of species belongs to genus Lutjanus of the family Lutjanidae collected from Karachi fish harbor. The main objective of this study was to find out the relationship among the total length of fish and its scales parameters. About 351 samples were collected during survey from Karachi fish harbor, in the years 2007-2008. The total catch samples contained 87 individuals of L.johnii; 87 of L.lutjanus; 80 of L.russellii; 52 of L.malabaricus and 45 of L.fulvus. L.johnii and L.lutjanus were equally abundant, while L.fulvus was less abundant in number. Present work about the detailed structure of fish scales can be helpful in identification of fish up to major groups or species levels.
Zubia Masood and Rehana Yasmeen Farooq. (2011) COMPARATIVE STUDY OF DIFFERENT PARAMETERS OF CTENOID SCALES IN FIVE SPECIES OF GENUS LUTJANUS (PERCIFORMES: LUTJANIDAE) COLLECTED FROM FISH HARBOR, KARACHI, PAKISTAN, , Volume 08, Issue 1.
