Table 5. Loadings of morphological traits on the first three principal components. Variables in bold indicate higher loading values.
Variable PC1 PC2 PC3
Standard length 0.224 -0.150 -0.079
Body depth 0.164 0.155 0.060
Body width at dorsal origin 0.163 0.123 0.287
Head length 0.169 0.050 -0.002
Head depth at nape 0.165 0.173 0.108
Head depth at eye 0.148 0.150 0.112
Caudal-peduncle length 0.288 - 0.445 -0.100
Caudal-peduncle depth 0.206 -0.138 -0.026
Caudal-peduncle width 0.169 -0.237 0.862
Dorsal-fin length 0.197 0.375 -0.025
Pectoral-fin length 0.187 0.241 -0.118
Pelvic-fin length 0.176 0.144 -0.124
Anal-fin length 0.199 0.381 0.014
Upper caudal-lobe length 0.162 0.259 -0.031
Predorsal length 0.218 -0.122 -0.082
Prepectoral length 0.181 0.029 -0.025
Prepelvic length 0.228 -0.039 -0.030
Preanal length 0.220 -0.075 -0.052
Vent to anal-fin origin 0.325 - 0.242 -0.216
Pelvic-fin insertion to anal-fin origin 0.256 -0.130 -0.059
Snout length 0.186 0.076 0.072
Postorbital head length 0.170 -0.035 -0.087
Eye diameter 0.180 0.035 -0.023
Interorbital width 0.156 0.209 0.099
Median caudal-ray length 0.147 -0.168 -0.119
Cumulative variance (%) 64.6 19.6 7.4