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.