Some Morphometric Relationship Traits of Talang Queenfish, Scomberoides commersonnianus (Lacépède, 1801) from Pakistan

Abstract

Almost forty-two species of family Carangidae represent the dominant finfish group in Pakistan. Scomberoides genus contains three species; namely, S. tol, S. lysan, and S. commersonnianus. Talang queenfish is a significant resource of fishery that is vernacularly called aal and saram (Panhwar et al., 2014). In morphometry, the study of change and variation are addressed in the form of shape and size of organisms (Websters, 2006). Traits of the science of fisheries are either hereditable based qualities or separate fish species (Mir et al., 2013). S. commersonnianus (Talang queenfish) grows up to a maximum size length of 120cm (Smith-Vaniz, 1984) and a weight of 16kg (International Game Fish Association, 2001).