Table 2.

Embryo- and larva measurements and statistics

	CA	DC	DC value as % of CA	Tukey’s HST p value	p < 0.001
Neurocranium (mm)
8 dpf
EC + trabeculae length	0.787	0.8	101.6	0.1293217
EC width	0.301	0.276	91.5	0.0011728
NC width 1—anterior	0.6	0.667	111.1	0.0005305	***
NC width 2—posterior	1.026	1.081	105.4	0.0009214	***
15 dpf
EC length	0.681	0.802	117.8	5.60E−06	***
EC width	0.581	0.515	88.6	4.20E−06	***
NC width—anterior	1.04	1	103.9	0.0126731
NC width—posterior	1.75	1.68	96	0.0011456
Pharyngeal arches
Linear measurements (mm)
15 dpf
PMX angle (deg.)	87.794	81.675	93.0	1.37E−05	***
PMX asc. proc. length	0.3644	0.4203	115.3	3.23E−05	***
PMX tooth. proc. length	0.4065	0.4399	108.2	0.0004156	***
DE thickness	0.0636	0.099	155.7	1.20E−06	***
LJ length	0.6788	0.6907	101.8	0.1285571
PQ anterior length	0.6444	0.6718	104.2	0.1025203
PQ posterior length	0.6282	0.7539	120.0	2.00E−07	***
CH length	0.6333	0.6702	105.8	0.0008139	***
CB1 length	0.5623	0.5745	102.2	0.1286012
Raker number	14	10	71.4	0	***
Raker spacing	2.5E−05	3.7E−05	147.6	0	***
LTP angle (deg.)	88.712	93.188	105.0	0.0035458
Growth zone width (um)
PQ	106.78	137.72	129.0	0	***
HS	120.09	131.25	109.3	0.006035
CH	42.45	39.95	94.1	0.9428638
Surface area measurements (mm2)
5 dpf
MC	0.0317	0.0327	103.3	0.9955359
PQ	0.0564	0.0656	116.5	0.3564464
HS	0.0674	0.0756	112.1	0.0444626
CH	0.0471	0.0487	103.4	0.9974972
CB1	0.0203	0.0198	97.2	0.9995432
8 dpf
MC	0.0424	0.0491	115.8	0.0384713
PQ	0.0848	0.1190	140.3	0.0000014	***
HS	0.1046	0.1239	118.5	0.0000015	***
CH	0.0760	0.0767	100.9	0.9999659
CB1	0.0298	0.0298	100.1	1
15 dpf
MC	0.1075	0.1138	105.8	0.0590679
PQ	0.3013	0.4429	147.0	0	***
HS	0.2760	0.3124	113.2	0	***
CH	0.2476	0.2717	109.7	0.000007	***
CB1	0.0715	0.0821	114.8	0.0006013	***
UTP	0.1013	0.1256	124.0	7.20E−06	***
LTP	0.0907	0.1036	114.2	0.0008328	***