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Table 2 Tests for common linear allometric models in the eight damselfish species

From: Bipartite life cycle of coral reef fishes promotes increasing shape disparity of the head skeleton during ontogeny: an example from damselfishes (Pomacentridae)

Element

λ WILKS

F

p

Neurocranium

0.005

10.12

< 0.001

Suspensorium and opercle

0.063

6.59

< 0.001

Mandible

0.012

11.79

< 0.001

Premaxilla

0.114

13.50

< 0.001

  1. Results of MANCOVA using Statistica 8.1.