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

The Journal of Basic and Applied Zoology

Table 7 Contribution of morphometric measurements to discriminant functions (DF) of A. clupeoides collected from the four sampling sites along the Bay of Bengal coast, Bangladesh

Landmark distance code	DF1 (93.9%)	DF2 (5.8%)	DF3 (0.3%)
HL 1	0.940*	− 0.010	0.018
ML	0.482*	0.294	0.290
BL 1	0.465*	0.304	0.257
BD 1	0.449*	0.249	0.183
HH 1	0.417*	0.194	0.317
HD 1	0.379*	0.308	0.262
HD 2	0.371*	0.347	0.199
DFL	0.364*	0.281	0.270
BD 2	0.354*	0.079	0.251
BH 1	0.349*	0.142	0.193
BD 3	0.343*	0.062	0.311
BL 2	0.326*	0.250	0.154
BD 4	0.325*	0.300	0.240
BD 5	0.315*	0.000	0.127
BD 6	0.308*	0.213	0.263
BD 7	0.305*	0.279	0.205
CL 1	0.277*	0.109	0.271
BH 2	0.235*	0.103	0.223
CLD	0.156*	− 0.041	0.114
BD 8	0.126*	− 0.007	0.072
CL 2	0.378	0.467*	0.361
BL 3	0.275	0.415*	0.163
AFL	0.242	0.304*	0.259
BL 4	− 0.091	0.170*	0.003
BL 5	0.278	− 0.555	0.703*
BD 9	0.429	0.472	0.657*
HL 2	0.362	0.089	0.377*
HD 3	0.183	0.100	0.269*