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Table 3 Sexual activity between colour phases (IP = initial phase, TP = terminal phase) and species

From: The origin of the parrotfish species Scarus compressus in the Tropical Eastern Pacific: region-wide hybridization between ancient species pairs

Species n # male # female # active males # active females % SM
Phase IP TP IP TP IP TP IP TP
S. compressus 45 0 12 10 0   4 (33) 4 (40)   49
S. ghobban 64 4 2 25 1 2 (50) 1 (50) 14 (56) 0 (0) 50
S. perrico 64 5 0 17 0 2 (40)   11 (64)   34
S. rubroviolaceus 80 6 4 29 0 6 (100) 1 (25) 25 (86)   49
  1. Data based on visual inspection of dissected fish from La Ventana and Pixvae. Active individuals had either semi or active gonad conditions and % of sample is given in parentheses. See methods for definitions of gonad conditions. % SM = % of the sample that was sexually mature = total number of samples scored for male or female gonads/total number of samples (n) * 100