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.