Table 2.

Differences in phenotypic trajectories among the four Diplodus species

	Θ	ZΘ	PΘ	D	ZD	PD
D. annularis – D. puntazzo	32.39	14.118	1.00E-04	0.176	2.941	0.0049
D. annularis – D. sargus	17.37	7.299	1.00E-04	0.079	0.288	0.3538
D. annularis – D. vulgaris	21.35	8.513	1.00E-04	0.103	0.675	0.238
D. puntazzo – D. sargus	36.89	17.675	1.00E-04	0.178	2.973	0.0051
D. puntazzo – D. vulgaris	43.67	19.343	1.00E-04	0.215	3.841	0.0006
D. sargus – D. vulgaris	14.16	4.707	1.00E-04	0.067	0.604	0.7068

Direction (θ = Pairwise Angles in degrees) and shape (D = Pairwise Procrustes Distance) differences of the four phenotypic trajectories across the four ontogenetic stages. The Z test value and the significance (P) obtained after 10,000 randomizations are reported for both direction and shape