Table 1 Morphometric measurements in mm and as a percentage of standard length (%SL), counts and weight in grams recorded in the specimen of Naucrates ductor caught off the Syrian coast

Total length (TL)

300

114.95 %

Fork length (FL)

267

102.29 %

Standard length (SL)

261

100 %

Body depth (BD)

65

24.90 %

Head length (HL)

61

23.37 %

Eye diameter (ED)

11

4.21 %

Pre-orbital length (Pol)

16

6.13 %

Post-orbital length

34

13 %

Pre-dorsal length (Pdl)

118

45.21 %

Dorsal fin base length (D.B.L)

104

39.85 %

Pre-pectoral length (Ppl)

66

25.29 %

Pectoral length

37

14.18 %

Pre-anal length (Pal)

163

62.45 %

Anal fin base length (A.B.L)

58

22.22 %

Peduncle depth (PD)

15

5.75 %

Caudal peduncle length

45

17.24 %

Counts

 Dorsal fin rays

IV + I + 27

 Anal fin rays

II + I + 16

 Pelvic fin rays

I + 5

 Pectoral fin rays

20

 Total weight (TW) g

294.29