TABLE 2 in Revisiting the description of Atractoscion macrolepis (Perciformes: Sciaenidae): Another argument for comprehensive taxonomy

TABLE 2. Factor loadings, eigenvalues and the variation (individually and cumulatively) explained by the first five principal components in the Principal Components Analysis of 23 transformed morphometric variables examining morphological variation among Atractoscion aequidens and A. macrolepis. Only Principal Components with eigenvalues> 1 are reported. VariablePrincipal ComponentsPC1PC2PC3PC4PC5TL’0.667-0.213-0.0570.1840.186FL’0.510-0.118-0.098-0.0730.401BD’0.590-0.0460.4200.1980.0081DFL’0.554-0.0790.1550.353-0.1902DFL’-0.0360.2030.7490.444-0.031CPL’-0.5040.217-0.1070.2150.377UCLL’0.791-0.055-0.2060.077-0.042MCL’0.931-0.194-0.0490.054-0.043LCLL’0.475-0.073-0.2870.3310.518AFB’0.4160.568-0.193-0.099-0.380AFL’0.926-0.036-0.059-0.056-0.078PFB’0.4440.722-0.1520.144-0.179PFL’0.8710.008-0.0030.0550.092PLFB’0.0470.820-0.1370.218-0.214PLFL’0.877-0.201-0.027-0.019-0.125PPL’0.7070.0250.394-0.1690.182HL’0.934-0.0720.071-0.2160.012LDL’0.8950.0540.063-0.2900.026IOW’0.1730.6950.215-0.4830.146OD’0.8540.175-0.1750.086-0.030SNL’-0.0330.7920.177-0.3110.280GFL’0.3920.715-0.0310.2320.096PSF’-0.3440.777-0.1070.1840.159Eigenvalue9.2964.0241.2831.2321.068% Total variation40.4217.505.585.364.64Cumulative %40.4257.9163.4968.8573.49