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Table 6. Eigenvalues and standardised canonical discriminant function coefficients for morphological characters and canonical discriminant scores for associated feeding types. Eigenvalues indicate the variance explained by the respective discriminant function

From: Evidence for two sympatric species of snipefishes Macroramphosus spp. (Syngnathiformes, Centriscidae) on Great Meteor Seamount

Function 1

Function 2

Statistics

Eigenvalue

2.11

0.010

Cumulative eigenvalues

0.995

1.00000

Coefficients for morphological characters

Standard length

0.918

0.444

Orbit diameter

0.341

0.726

Body depth

−0.914

−1.632

Length of second dorsal spine

−0.629

1.095

Scores for feeding types

p-type (group means)

0.94

−0.02

b-type (group means)

−2.38

−0.52