color the y axis variables with different colors

[Ina]

I'm sorry, it's because I'm a beginner in R's and I still need help with more basic things.

How could I color each genus with different colors of the y-axis variables? Thanks for the help.

This is my graph:

I used this code:

>data<-read.csv("prof-2col-r.csv",sep=";")
>data
>data$Espécie <- factor(data$Espécie, levels = c("Mycteroperca tigris","Paralabrax nebulifer","Mycteroperca xenarcha","Mycteroperca prionura","Mycteroperca jordani","Epinephelus guttatus","Mycteroperca olfax","Mycteroperca venenosa","Mycteroperca bonaci","Dermatolepis dermatolepis","Alphestes afer","Paralabrax clathratus","Epinephelus striatus","Paranthias colonus","Mycteroperca rosacea","Epinephelus polyphekadion","Epinephelus ongus","Epinephelus marginatus","Epinephelus itajara","Epinephelus fuscoguttatus","Plectropomus maculatus","Plectropomus leopardus","Plectropomus areolatus"))
>ggplot(data, aes(x = Espécie, y = Profundidade)) + 
         geom_boxplot(outlier.colour="red", outlier.shape=8,
                      outlier.size=2, notch=FALSE) + coord_flip() + theme_classic() + labs(title = "Epinephelidae", x = "Espécies", y = "Profundidade")

[andresrcs]

It's not clear what you mean by " colors of the y-axis variables" but if you are trying to change the color of the boxes by especies, then add the fill aesthetic.

ggplot(data, aes(x = Espécie, y = Profundidades, fill = Espécie)) +

[Ina]

in fact I created another column in the worksheet (gender) and I put fill = gender and it worked. Thanks

[andresrcs]

This would be hard to guess since you haven't provided sample data, the next time please make a reproducible example.

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