The mismatch between morphological and molecular attribution of three Glossogobius species in the Mekong Delta

Truong, Ngon T.; Phan, Gieo H.; Lam, Tran T. H.; Nguyen, Ton H. D.; Khang, Do T.; Tran, Men T.; Tran, Nam S.; Dinh, Quang M.

doi:10.1186/s40850-022-00137-6

BMC Zoology

Table 2 Variation in body measurement of three Glossogobius species among sampling sites

From: The mismatch between morphological and molecular attribution of three Glossogobius species in the Mekong Delta

Species	Sites	n	W ± SE	TL ± SE	ED ± SE	DE ± SE	BD ± SE	HL ± SE	ED/HL ± SE	DE/HL ± SE	HL/TL ± SE	BD/TL ± SE	BD/TL ± SE	HL/TL ± SE
Glossogobius giuris	CRCT	310	12.63 ± 0.59	10.74 ± 0.15	0.41 ± 0.006	0.28 ± 0.008	1.37 ± 0.03	2.62 ± 0.04	0.16 ± 0.001^a	0.11 ± 0.002^a	0.25 ± 0.007^c	0.13 ± 0.004^a	0.13 ± 0.004^a	0.25 ± 0.007^c
	LPST	300	11.02 ± 0.64	12.57 ± 2.68	0.37 ± 0.006	0.56 ± 0.028	1.68 ± 0.04	2.07 ± 0.06	0.20 ± 0.004^b	0.40 ± 0.026^b	0.21 ± 0.004^a	0.18 ± 0.005^b	0.18 ± 0.005^b	0.21 ± 0.004^a
	HBBL	306	11.04 ± 0.51	10.62 ± 0.34	0.38 ± 0.005	0.32 ± 0.019	1.35 ± 0.03	2.41 ± 0.04	0.17 ± 0.003^a	0.17 ± 0.015^a	0.23 ± 0.002^b	0.13 ± 0.003^a	0.13 ± 0.003^a	0.23 ± 0.002^b
	DDCM	375	9.60 ± 0.32	12.65 ± 3.08	0.37 ± 0.004	0.50 ± 0.022	1.58 ± 0.03	2.12 ± 0.04	0.19 ± 0.004^b	0.34 ± 0.021^b	0.22 ± 0.005^ab	0.17 ± 0.004^b	0.17 ± 0.004^b	0.22 ± 0.005^ab
Kruskal-Wallis Test		χ²							52.35	83.15	123.99	71.93	71.93	123.99
		p							< 0.001	< 0.001	< 0.001	< 0.001	< 0.001	< 0.001
Glossogobius aureus	CRCT	166	17.45 ± 0.81	12.63 ± 0.20	0.49 ± 0.01	0.40 ± 0.009	1.57 ± 0.03	3.13 ± 0.05	0.16 ± 0.003^b	0.13 ± 0.003^c	0.25 ± 0.001^b	0.12 ± 0.001^ab	0.12 ± 0.001^ab	0.25 ± 0.001^b
	LPST	165	12.36 ± 0.54	11.12 ± 0.19	0.42 ± 0.008	0.40 ± 0.012	1.46 ± 0.03	2.79 ± 0.06	0.15 ± 0.002^b	0.14 ± 0.003^d	0.25 ± 0.002^b	0.13 ± 0.001^b	0.13 ± 0.001^b	0.25 ± 0.002^b
	HBBL	194	8.77 ± 0.38	9.87 ± 0.13	0.36 ± 0.007	0.23 ± 0.007	1.22 ± 0.02	2.34 ± 0.04	0.15 ± 0.002^b	0.09 ± 0.002^a	0.24 ± 0.002^a	0.12 ± 0.002^a	0.12 ± 0.002^a	0.24 ± 0.002^a
	DDCM	217	13.54 ± 0.86	11.07 ± 0.18	0.37 ± 0.007	0.28 ± 0.01	1.34 ± 0.03	2.59 ± 0.05	0.14 ± 0.002^a	0.11 ± 0.003^b	0.23 ± 0.002^a	0.12 ± 0.001^a	0.12 ± 0.001^a	0.23 ± 0.002^a
Kruskal-Wallis Test		χ²							40.04	155.16	32.39	79.92	79.92	32.39
		p							< 0.001	< 0.001	< 0.001	< 0.001	< 0.001	< 0.001
Glossogobius sparsipapillus	CRCT	159	11.53 ± 0.40	11.21 ± 0.16	0.44 ± 0.007	0.33 ± 0.011	1.40 ± 0.02	2.76 ± 0.04	0.16 ± 0.002^bc	0.12 ± 0.003^a	0.25 ± 0.002^bc	0.13 ± 0.001^b	0.13 ± 0.001^b	0.25 ± 0.002^bc
	LPST	196	10.21 ± 0.39	10.54 ± 0.14	0.42 ± 0.006	0.38 ± 0.008	1.28 ± 0.02	2.62 ± 0.03	0.16 ± 0.002^c	0.14 ± 0.002^b	0.25 ± 0.001^c	0.12 ± 0.001^a	0.12 ± 0.001^a	0.25 ± 0.001^c
	HBBL	187	9.87 ± 0.39	10.64 ± 0.16	0.39 ± 0.006	0.33 ± 0.012	1.26 ± 0.02	2.56 ± 0.04	0.15 ± 0.001^ab	0.12 ± 0.003^a	0.24 ± 0.001^a	0.12 ± 0.001^a	0.12 ± 0.001^a	0.24 ± 0.001^a
	DDCM	222	10.63 ± 0.39	10.55 ± 0.13	0.39 ± 0.005	0.32 ± 0.008	1.32 ± 0.02	2.56 ± 0.03	0.15 ± 0.001^a	0.12 ± 0.002^a	0.24 ± 0.001^ab	0.13 ± 0.001^b	0.13 ± 0.001^b	0.24 ± 0.001^ab
Kruskal-Wallis Test		χ²							17.92	47.02	28.56	26.28	26.28	28.56
		p							< 0.001	< 0.001	< 0.001	< 0.001	< 0.001	< 0.001

W weight (g), TL total length (cm), ED eye diameter (cm), DE distance between eyes (cm), BD body depth (cm), HL head length (cm), n number of fish use, CRCT Cai Rang, Can Tho, LPST Long Phu, Soc Trang, HBBL Hoa Binh, Bac Lieu, DDCM Dam Doi, Ca Mau

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