BIOMETRIC STUDIES ON TWO SPECIES OF FAMll..Y SERRANIDAE.

BIOMETRIC STUDIES ON TWO SPECIES OF
FAMll..Y SERRANIDAE.
A.A. EZZAT*, M.T. HASHEM**, W.F. WADIE** AND M. Y. MIKHAIL**
*Department of Oceanography, Faculty of Science. Alexandria University. Egypt.
** Institute of Oceanography and Fisheries. Alexandria. Egypt.
ABSTRACT
Different authors observed that the morphometric
characters of any fish species vary according to the
ecological conditions dominating in the fish habitat. The
present study revealed that Epinephelus aeneus and E.
alexandrinus collected from Alexandria and Salloum regions
are separate populations (regions with different ecological
conditions). This is due to the big differences in the
biometric characters of the two species under study
collected from Alexandria and Salloum regions.