. 2020 Feb 14;8:e8494. doi: 10.7717/peerj.8494

Table 4. Results of the statistical analyses between continuous and categorical traits.

Test (A: ANOVA, T: t-test, K: Kruskal–Wallis, M: Mann–Whitney) indicated as superscript next to result.

Trait	ln (Longevity)	Age-at- maturity	ln (Fecundity)	ln (Maximum length)	ln (Depth)	Trophic level	Optimal temperature
Gonochorism	−1.21^T	−339.50^M	391.5^M	−75.50^M	214.50^M	0.21^T	−1.23^T
Body shape	^∗∗17.71^K	1.81^A	^∗∗∗24.28^K	^∗∗∗8.58^A	8.67^K	7.05^K	^∗∗4.04^A
Habitat type	0.79^A	0.8^A	^∗∗∗13.43^K	^∗∗∗9.38^A	0.13^A	^∗∗10.32^A	^∗3.34^A
Seasonally migratory	629.50^M	−0.34^T	^∗−2.45^T	^∗∗∗−5.27^T	0.10^T	−1.61^T	−0.73^T
Distribution	2.08^A	^∗2.75^A	1.52^A	2.00^A	^∗3.42^A	0.83^A	^∗∗∗12.17^A
Seabed morphology	0.96^A	0.48^A	^∗∗∗16.97^K	2.57^A	1.58^A	3.57^A	^∗4.22^A
Diet	^∗∗∗6.16^A	0.57^A	10.58^K	^∗∗∗30.41^A	^∗∗∗49.43^K	^∗∗∗143.7^K	1.65^A
Feeding behaviour	^∗∗∗27.29^K	0.72^A	2.65^A	^∗∗∗42.98^K	^∗∗∗21.38^K	^∗∗∗76.18^A	1.64^A
Spawning period	4.65^K	0.83^A	0.65^A	1.13^A	^∗3.00^A	0.86^A	^∗2.49^A
Spawning habitat	^∗∗1,276.50^M	1.03^T	^∗∗−2.85^T	^∗∗∗1,664^M	^∗∗∗1,762^M	−1.53^T	−0.8^T
Depth range	0.11^T	^∗∗−1,222^M	−1.18^T	^∗2.5^T	^∗∗∗ −63.65^M	^∗∗∗3.53^T	−0.76^T
Temperature range	1.59^T	−0.49^T	−1.83^T	−0.95^T	0.03^T	681.5^M	^∗∗∗−4.8^T
Salinity range	0.81^T	−1.3^T	1.37^T	1.51^T	^∗∗∗−5.47^T	−1.58^T	−0.31^T
Sociability	0.23^A	1.98^A	^∗∗12.72^K	0.18^A	2.24^A	7.6^K	2.16^A
Exposure	0.11^A	^∗3.78^A	2.22^A	0.81^A	^∗4.25^A	0.89^A	^∗3.02^A
Mobility	^∗∗4.31^A	0.82^A	^∗∗4.23^A	^∗∗4.44^A	^∗3.48^A	^∗∗15.25^K	^∗∗4.79^A

Notes.

*: p < 0, 05.
**: p < 0, 01.
***: p < 0, 001.

Statistically significant differences between groups (categorical traits) without taking into account the Bonferroni correction are denoted in red color, while these incorporating the Bonferroni correction are indicated in green.