Are accessory hearing structures linked to inner ear morphology? Insights from 3D orientation patterns of ciliary bundles in three cichlid species

Table 4 Full factorial GLMs using the ln-transformed area or weight of the respective otolith type as dependent variable and ln-transformed standard length (SL) or body weight (BW) as covariate

Source		df	Mean square	F	P	η²
Saccular otolith	Ln(area)
	Species	2	2.719	235.945	<0.001	0.967
	Ln(SL)	1	1.267	109.925	<0.001	0.873
	Error	16	0.012
	Ln(weight)
	Species	2	2.735	120.753	<0.001	0.938
	Ln(BW)	1	2.153	95.054	<0.001	0.856
	Error	16	0.023
Lagenar otolith	Ln(area)
	Species	2	3.288	480.964	<0.001	0.984
	Ln(SL)	1	0.426	62.392	<0.001	0.796
	Error	16	0.007
	Ln(weight)
	Species	2	3.431	253.308	<0.001	0.969
	Ln(BW)	1	0.035	2.605	0.126	0.140
	Error	16	0.014
Utricular otolith	Ln(weight)
	Species	2	2.468	82.181	<0.001	0.922
	Ln(BW)	1	0.176	5.846	0.030	0.295
	Error	14	0.030

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