Levels of eleven trace metals in edible muscle of seven commercial fish species harvested from the south west coast of the Arabian Sea, Pakistan are reported The maximum concentration was found in case of Zn (3.412 mu g/g) and Fe (3.591 mu g/g). Maximum As (0.273 mu g/g) was found in Argyrops spinifer and As (0.041 mu g/g) in Chaetodon jayakeri. The metal concentrations showed a high species-specificity. 


M ASHRAF ,M JAFFAR ,JALEEL TARIQ ,KHALID MASUD ,