Table 7: Canonical Discriminant Function (CDF) and Standardized Canonical Discriminant Function (SCDF) from discriminant analysis of three Alestes species from Kreima site using eleven measured characters.

Character CDF SCDF Loading
Function Function Function
1 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 3
LLS 0.413 0.238 -0.086 0.605 0.348 -0.126 0.625* 0.355 -0.035
SALL 1.217 1.092 -0.484 0.440 0.395 -0.175 0.460* 0.453 -0.136
BW/SL -39.338 -3.045 19.001 -0.376 -0.029 0.182 -0.185* 0.123 0.118
PVFL/SL -6.871 -4.564 -18.591 -0.071 -0.047 -0.191 -0.177* -0.019 0.132
HL/SL -18.597 5.003 -55.110 -0.217 0.058 -0.644 -0.155* 0.040 -0.024
AFR 0.367 -0.554 0.345 0.357 -0.540 0.337 0.489 -0.614* 0.378
AFBL/SL 26.865 -27.349 17.084 0.260 -0.264 0.165 0.349 -0.414* 0.269
PFL/SL -4.161 -24.364 -16.218 -0.049 -0.285 -0.190 -0.138 -0.306* -0.200
LDFL/SL -6.748 31.715 73.997 -0.075 0.352 0.822 -0.153 0.401 0.668*
PPCL/SL -3.063 6.364 47.580 -0.038 0.079 0.592 -0.131 0.045 0.371*
HW/SL -3.940 5.742 -3.577 -0.139 0.202 -0.126 -0.113 0.121 0.148*