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. 2016 Sep 15;(617):139–164. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.617.8866

Table 2.

Standardised coefficients of the first three discriminant functions (DF1, DF2, DF3) separating the four species of Ammodytes and Hyperoplus based on meristic characters. In bold, characters with the greatest weight in DF1 and DF2.

Meristic characters DF1 DF2 DF3
DP 0.884 -0.320 -0.444
DR 0.056 0.664 -0.096
AR 0.112 -0.155 0.159
PR 0.015 0.079 -0.172
UR -0.428 -0.135 -0.289
LR 0.432 -0.140 0.891
PV -0.017 0.523 -0.061
CV 0.426 0.516 0.471
Percentage of explained variance 71.438 20.317 8.245
Eigenvalue 40.392 11.488 4.662
Cumulative variance in % 71.438 91.755 100.00