The origin of the parrotfish species Scarus compressus in the Tropical Eastern Pacific: region-wide hybridization between ancient species pairs

Table 3 Sexual activity between colour phases (IP = initial phase, TP = terminal phase) and species

Species	n	# male		# female		# active males		# active females		% SM
Phase	n	IP	TP	IP	TP	IP	TP	IP	TP	% SM
S. compressus	45	0	12	10	0		4 (33)	4 (40)		49
S. ghobban	64	4	2	25	1	2 (50)	1 (50)	14 (56)	0 (0)	50
S. perrico	64	5	0	17	0	2 (40)		11 (64)		34
S. rubroviolaceus	80	6	4	29	0	6 (100)	1 (25)	25 (86)		49

Data based on visual inspection of dissected fish from La Ventana and Pixvae. Active individuals had either semi or active gonad conditions and % of sample is given in parentheses. See methods for definitions of gonad conditions. % SM = % of the sample that was sexually mature = total number of samples scored for male or female gonads/total number of samples (n) * 100

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