Author(s):
1. Noor Hawa:
Centre of Excellence in Marine Biology, University of Karachi,Karachi,Pakistan
2. Noor Us Saher:
Centre of Excellence in Marine Biology, University of Karachi,Karachi,Pakistan
Abstract:
Platycephalidae derived from a Greek word, platys meaning flat and kephale means head therefore, the finfish belong to this family are flat headed species. Family Platycephalidae comprises of about 70 species, 18 genera that are widely distributed in Indo-Pacific Ocean. It has moderate to strongly depressed head and Pelvic fins are behind the pectoral base. First dorsal fin has 6-9 spines with the first spine short and second dorsal fin has 11-15 soft rays. Most species buried in bottom of the sea. These species mainly feed on crustaceans and small fishes and have the maximum length is about 1.1 m. The present study described the abundance, diversity and distribution of family Platycephalidae in the Miani Bay waters during the year of 2020 to 2021. The most abundant species was Platycephalus indicus that has been found in all four seasons while Cociella punctate and Grammoplitesscaber were the only species that were found in only one season. However, Platycephalus indicus also showed the highest number of individuals and Grammoplitesscaber showed the least number in the present study. Furthermore, the descriptive statistic calculation explained the size and mass distribution of various species of the family through estimation of mean and maximum weight and length. During the morphometric analyses, Platycephalus indicus showed a positive correlation between the length and weight as length increases with the increase of weight accordingly.
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Published:
Journal: First International Conference on Revamped Scientific Outlook of 21st Century (Abstract Book), Volume: 0, Issue: 0, Year: 2022
Keywords:
Diversity
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Platycephalus
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length
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Distribution
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Pelvic fins
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Morphometric
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