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Table 2 Morphometric measurements made for each sample of A. clupeoides collected from the Bay of Bengal coast, Bangladesh

From: Multivariate morphometric variability in sardine, Amblygaster clupeoides (Bleeker, 1849), from the Bay of Bengal coast, Bangladesh

Measurement number

Distance code

Distance

Landmarks

1

HL 1

Head length 1

1–2

2

ML

Mouth length

1–12

3

BL 1

Body length 1

2–3

4

BD 1

Body diagonal 1

2–9

5

HH 1

Head height 1

2–11

6

HD 1

Head diagonal 1

2–12

7

HD 2

Head diagonal 2

2–13

8

DFL

Dorsal fin length

3–4

9

BD 2

Body diagonal 2

3–9

10

BH 1

Body height 1

3–10

11

BD 3

Body diagonal 3

3–13

12

BL 2

Body length 2

4–5

13

BD 4

Body diagonal 4

4–7

14

BD 5

Body diagonal 5

4–9

15

BD 6

Body diagonal 6

4–10

16

BD 7

Body diagonal 7

4–11

17

CL 1

Caudal length 1

5–6

18

BH 2

Body height 2

5–7

19

CLD

Caudal length diagonal

5–8

20

BD 8

Body diagonal 8

5–10

21

CL 2

Caudal length 2

6–7

22

BL 3

Body length 3

7–8

23

AFL

Anal fin length

8–9

24

BL 4

Body length 4

9–10

25

BL 5

Body length 5

10–11

26

BD 9

Body diagonal 9

10–13

27

HL 2

Head length 2

11–12

28

HD 3

Head diagonal 3

11–13