TABLE 8. Factor loadings, eigenvalues and the variation explained by the first three (of eight) principal components extracted in the Principal Components Analysis of eight transformed otolith variables examining variation among Atractoscion aequidens and A. macrolepis. VariablePrincipal ComponentsOH’ OL’ OCD’ OrCD’ TOTC’ TOBC’ WC’ OW’PC1 0.929 0.966 0.573 0.893 0.902 0.976 0.648 0.084PC2 -0.068 -0.050 0.136 0.072 -0.071 -0.042 -0.015 0.985PC3 -0.235 0.053 0.743 0.071 -0.117 0.036 -0.372 -0.134Eigenvalue % Variation Cumulative variation5.116 63.95 63.951.007 12.59 76.540.787 9.83 86.37

Published as part of Gouws, Gavin, Kruger, Jerraleigh L., Smale, Malcolm, Henriques, Romina & Potts, Warren M., 2024, Revisiting the description of Atractoscion macrolepis (Perciformes: Sciaenidae): Another argument for comprehensive taxonomy, pp. 171 in Zootaxa 5529 (1) on page 171, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5529.1.8, http://zenodo.org/record/14022182