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. 2014 May 6;14:97. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-14-97

Table 1.

Principal component axes of five phenotypic characteristics of the Pacific leaping blenny

Characteristic PC1 PC2 PC3 PC4 PC5
Males, Nindividuals, populations = 94, 5
 
 
 
 
Body size*
.98
.04
.04
-.18
.11
Head crest size*
.94
.08
-.03
.32
.01
Dorsal fin, area
.98
.09
.00
-.13
-.12
Dorsal fin, proportion coloured
-.14
.78
.61
.01
.00
Dorsal fin, "reddness"*
-.12
.79
-.60
-.02
.01
Eigenvalue
2.84
1.25
.74
.15
.03
Cumulative variance explained (%)
56. 7
81.6
96.4
99.4
100.0
Females, Nindividuals, populations = 97, 5
Body size*
.92
-.33
.09
-.16
 
Dorsal fin, area
.90
-.39
.09
.16
 
Dorsal fin, proportion coloured
.61
.66
.43
.01
 
Dorsal fin, "reddness"*
.71
.36
-.61
.00
 
Eigenvalue
2.54
.83
.58
.05
 
Cumulative variance explained (%) 63.5 84.3 98.8 100.0  

Prominent loadings (>.50) are highlighted in bold. Characteristics highlighted by an asterisk were examined in population differentiation analyses (Tables 4 and 5).