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Table 1 Studied species

From: Bipartite life cycle of coral reef fishes promotes increasing shape disparity of the head skeleton during ontogeny: an example from damselfishes (Pomacentridae)

Species

Abbreviations

PLD (days)

SL settlement

SL max

Size range (SL, mm)

n neuro

n susp

n mand

n premax

Abudefduf sexfasciatus

A. sex

16-18

10-11

140

10-102

41

38

43

41

Chromis sp

Chromis

18-29

6-8

70

7-77

33

36

35

34

Chrysiptera brownriggii

C. bro

18-29

14-15

60

14-55

50

52

55

55

Chrysiptera glauca

C. gla

15-24

13-16

80

13-68

37

39

36

37

Dascyllus aruanus

D. aru

16-26

7

65

7-60

55

55

58

59

Dascyllus trimaculatus

D. tri

21-30

10-11

110

10-100

65

67

69

62

Pomacentrus pavo

P. pav

20-27

13-16

85

13-63

66

74

68

74

Stegastes nigricans

S. nig

24-34

14-15

115

14-127

37

37

37

36

  1. PLD, pelagic larval duration [73]; SL, standard length; SLsettlement, standard length at settlement [74]; SLmax, maximum standard length [25] in millimeter; n, number of specimens for each structure.