Table 4.
Classical and truss dimensions for the striped shiner, Pungtungia herzi and the slender shiner, Pseudopungtungia tenuicorpa
Morphometric dimensiona | Striped shiner | Slender shiner | t-test |
Classical dimension |
DALPS/Ls | 23.1±0.04 | 19.2±0.02 | * |
DALAD/Ls | 52.2±0.01 | 47.4±0.01 | * |
DALDC/Ls | 98.4±0.02 | 94.9±0.03 | * |
DALAA/Ls | 71.8±0.02 | 61.6±0.07 | * |
DALAV/Ls | 50.7±0.01 | 46.2±0.01 | * |
DALAP/Ls | 25.4±0.02 | 21.9±0.01 | * |
DALPM/Ls | 5.3±0.01 | 5.4±0.01 | NS |
DALMO/Ls | 25.3±0.02 | 20.2±0.02 | * |
DADAV/Ls | 22.8±0.01 | 16.9±0.01 | * |
DPDPL/Ls | 38.2±0.02 | 41.9±0.03 | * |
CH/Ls | 13.0±0.01 | 11.3±0.01 | * |
DPLPA/Ls | 23.3±0.01 | 28.0±0.04 | * |
Truss dimension |
DALPS/Ls | 23.1±0.01 | 19.2±0.02 | * |
DALPM/Ls | 5.3±0.01 | 5.4±0.01 | NS |
DPSAD/Ls | 31.3±0.01 | 31.2±0.02 | NS |
DPSAV/Ls | 34.9±0.01 | 31.8±0.02 | * |
DPSAP/Ls | 13.4±0.01 | 10.9±0.02 | * |
DPSPM/Ls | 18.6±0.01 | 15.8±0.03 | * |
DADPD/Ls | 13.0±0.01 | 12.6±0.01 | NS |
DADAA/Ls | 29.6±0.01 | 24.9±0.01 | * |
DADAV/Ls | 22.8±0.01 | 16.9±0.01 | * |
DADAP/Ls | 30.6±0.01 | 28.9±0.02 | * |
DPDDC/Ls | 34.0±0.01 | 38.2±0.04 | * |
DPDVC/Ls | 36.7±0.01 | 38.1±0.03 | NS |
DPDPA/Ls | 22.0±0.01 | 19.0±0.01 | * |
DAAPD/Ls | 19.8±0.01 | 16.2±0.00 | * |
DAVPD/Ls | 23.1±0.01 | 18.7±0.01 | * |
CH/Ls | 13.0±0.01 | 11.3±0.01 | * |
DDCPA/Ls | 23.4±0.01 | 27.0±0.03 | * |
DVCPA/Ls | 18.7±0.02 | 24.1±0.02 | * |
DAAPA/Ls | 6.2±0.01 | 6.1±0.01 | NS |
DAVAA/Ls | 21.5±0.02 | 18.0±0.01 | * |
DAVAP/Ls | 25.5±0.01 | 25.1±0.02 | NS |
DAPPM/Ls | 20.6±0.01 | 17.1±0.02 | * |
See Table 1 for details of dimensions. Data (means SD, n = 50) were analyzed using a one-way ANOVA on data arcsine square root transformed.
P < 0.01; NS: not significant.