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

The Journal of Basic and Applied Zoology

Table 4 ANOVA of morphometric characters for A. clupeoides samples collected from the Bay of Bengal coast, Bangladesh

Distance code	Wilks’ lambda	F value	p value
HL 1	0.229	175.203	0.00*
ML	0.524	47.200	0.00*
BL 1	0.728	19.400	0.00*
BD 1	0.671	25.550	0.00*
HH 1	0.552	42.279	0.00*
HD 1	0.602	34.354	0.00*
HD 2	0.692	23.191	0.00*
DFL	0.627	30.952	0.00*
BD 2	0.743	17.973	0.00*
BH 1	0.739	18.412	0.00*
BD 3	0.695	22.771	0.00*
BL 2	0.577	38.145	0.00*
BD 4	0.605	33.943	0.00*
BD 5	0.626	31.093	0.00*
BD 6	0.654	27.554	0.00*
BD 7	0.504	51.238	0.00*
CL 1	0.568	39.514	0.00*
BH 2	0.555	41.631	0.00*
CLD	0.867	7.957	0.00*
BD 8	0.700	22.298	0.00*
CL 2	0.945	3.018	0.03
BL 3	0.935	3.618	0.02
AFL	0.854	8.924	0.00*
BL 4	0.850	9.158	0.00*
BL 5	0.676	24.876	0.00*
BD 9	0.755	16.829	0.00*
HL 2	0.678	24.666	0.00*
HD 3	0.728	19.475	0.00*