Fish is a vital food for humans and many animals. We report an environmental monitoring study to assess the trace metals in fish species caught from Arabian Sea and commercially available in the coastal city Karachi, Pakistan. Heavy metals such as copper, iron, lead and cadmium were determined in the skin, fillet and heart of the fish species Pampus argenteus, Epinephelus chlorostigma, Rachycen...

Pomfrets (genus Pampus ), a highly commercial fishery resource distributed in the Indo-Western Pacific that includes Lessepsian migrants, have witnessed series of systematic reforms. In this study, based on comprehensive sampling spanning type localities and coevals Northern Indian Ocean, cryptic valid species Stromateus griseus is resurrected from synonymy re-described as (New Combination) 35 ...