Abstract
There has been a widespread world-wide use of flathead mullet, Mugil cephalus, in fish bio monitor studies within the coastal zone. In the present study accumulation of heavy metal Zn, Cd, Hg and Pb in muscle sample of fish Mugil cephalus was estimated in southeast coastal region of Nagapattinam, Karaikal and Tharangambadi, East coast of India. The results revealed that there is elevated level in the metals in muscle of the Mullet and it was found to be Zn> Cd> Hg> Pb. Among the study areas Karaikal costal showed higher accumulation of metals then the Nagapattinam and Tharangambadi. Current investigation concluded that there is heavy metal pollution. Also Fin fish Mugil cephalus can be consider as a good indicator species.

201604022 Bioaccumulation of Heavy Metals on Fin-Fish Mugil cephalus from Nagapattinam