Table 3.
Means and standard deviations of classical and truss dimensions for the dark banded rockfish, Sebastes inermis and the black rockfish, S. schlegeli, and the results of an ANOVA-test for differences among groups
Morphometric dimensiona | Dark banded rockfish | Black rockfish | t-test |
Classical dimension |
DALPS/Ls | 26.5±1.95 | 21.2±1.73 | * |
DALAD/Ls | 36.8±1.20 | 33.8±1.00 | * |
DALMO/Ls | 35.1±1.04 | 36.5±1.03 | * |
DALPD/Ls | 90.9±1.21 | 87.9±0.89 | * |
DALBP/Ls | 34.5±2.23 | 35.3±0.76 | NS |
DALAV/Ls | 41.7±0.94 | 40.6±0.71 | * |
DALPA/Ls | 83.9±1.63 | 82.7±1.23 | * |
DALAA/Ls | 69.0±1.86 | 69.5±1.55 | NS |
CH/Ls | 11.6±0.49 | 9.7±0.39 | * |
ED/Ls | 12.4±0.90 | 9.3±0.51 | * |
Truss dimension |
DALPS/Ls | 26.5±1.95 | 21.2±1.73 | * |
DPSMO/Ls | 17.4±1.31 | 18.3±1.42 | * |
DADPD/Ls | 61.3±4.55 | 60.2±1.61 | NS |
DADPA/Ls | 58.5±1.57 | 58.5±1.36 | NS |
DADAA/Ls | 47.8±4.18 | 49.4±1.18 | NS |
DAVAA/Ls | 30.1±2.08 | 31.4±1.53 | NS |
DAVPD/Ls | 56.9±1.95 | 54.0±1.17 | * |
DAAPA/Ls | 18.7±1.31 | 15.4±1.40 | * |
DAAPD/Ls | 30.9±1.19 | 26.2±1.02 | * |
DPDPA/Ls | 15.0±0.63 | 12.9±0.78 | * |
CH/Ls | 11.6±0.49 | 9.7±0.39 | * |
ED/Ls | 12.4±0.90 | 9.3±0.51 | * |
Refer to 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 > 0.05; NS: not significant.