Table 6.
The PCA loadings for the first two principal components for the measured characters of Chiloglanis species and lineages from southern Africa.
| Principal component | 1 | 2 |
|---|---|---|
| Eigenvalue | 90.91 | 70.84 |
| % variance | 22.46 | 17.50 |
| Adipose fin to caudal peduncle length | -0.02 | -0.02 |
| Adipose-fin base length | 0.05 | -0.01 |
| Adipose-fin height | -0.04 | 0.00 |
| Anal-fin base length | 0.03 | -0.05 |
| Anal-fin length along longest ray | -0.03 | -0.06 |
| Body depth at anus | -0.02 | -0.04 |
| Body depth at dorsal-fin insertion | -0.09 | -0.06 |
| Caudal peduncle depth | -0.05 | -0.02 |
| Caudal peduncle length | 0.08 | -0.10 |
| Dorsal-fin to adipose fin length | -0.02 | -0.02 |
| Dorsal-fin base length | -0.17 | 0.08 |
| Dorsal-spine length | -0.06 | 0.04 |
| Pre-anal length | -0.16 | 0.17 |
| Pre-dorsal length | -0.10 | 0.11 |
| Pre-pectoral length | -0.08 | 0.10 |
| Pre-pelvic length | -0.12 | 0.15 |
| Pectoral-spine length | 0.04 | 0.01 |
| Pectoral-fin length | 0.04 | 0.03 |
| Pelvic-fin length | 0.00 | 0.02 |
| Width at pectoral-fin insertion | -0.04 | 0.06 |
| Pelvic-fin interspace | 0.00 | 0.02 |
| Head length | -0.18 | 0.07 |
| Anterior nares interspace | 0.14 | -0.08 |
| Eye diameter (vertical axis) | 0.11 | -0.03 |
| Lower lip length | 0.02 | 0.37 |
| Mandibular tooth row width | -0.16 | -0.05 |
| Maxillary barbel length | 0.60 | -0.41 |
| Mouth width | 0.35 | 0.21 |
| Orbital interspace | -0.18 | -0.14 |
| Oral disc length | 0.22 | 0.34 |
| Oral disc width | 0.39 | 0.41 |
| Pre-maxillary tooth-patch length | 0.00 | 0.09 |
| Pre-maxillary tooth-patch width | 0.23 | 0.24 |
| Posterior nares interspace | 0.13 | -0.13 |
| Snout length | -0.05 | 0.35 |
| Upper lip length | -0.09 | 0.15 |