Table 6 in An integrative taxonomy investigation unravels a cryptic species of Mobula Rafinesque, 1810 (Mobulidae, Myliobatiformes), from the Atlantic Ocean

Table 6 Morphometric comparison of the three manta ray species— Mobula yarae sp. nov., Manta birostris, and Mobula alfredi. The measurements were expressed as a percentage of disc length (DL) M. yarae sp. nov. aM. birostris bM. alfredi cMinMaxMeanMinMaxMeanMinMaxMeanDisc width219.4224.7222.7215.69230.15226.04214.79237.00225.77Anterior projection52.2NaNa34.7336.7735.7339.6054.0843.93Disc thicknessNaNaNa23.1029.3026.6120.0024.7522.51Dorsal fin base11.914.313.112.8913.6913.1714.0917.0014.97Dorsal fin height8.211.39.47.608.818.209.0911.4410.17Dorsal fin anterior margin11.316.713.512.8914.2913.4010.3015.8413.66Cranial width53.358.355.651.8258.3656.3150.0054.0051.95Interspiracle distance46.046.746.545.1050.4647.6944.5545.0044.70Spiracle length2.73.63.12.923.693.182.184.102.85Cephalic fin length22.127.524.826.8928.3427.7122.7726.7325.11Cephalic fin width11.512.512.011.4614.1112.688.6712.3810.99Mouth width31.037.634.934.1738.3036.7430.6937.0034.53Internarial distance29.933.332.030.8134.0432.2930.6134.0031.38Rostrum to 1 st gill slit15.617.916.717.6519.7518.7315.3120.0018.25Rostrum to 5th gill slit40.440.740.541.4644.0742.8740.0043.5041.79Distance between 1 st gill slits22.324.323.523.2525.6524.3421.4327.0023.77Distance between 5th gill slits10.611.511.011.7612.6112.3410.7114.8512.541 st gill slit length20.522.521.720.9722.5221.7020.0022.7721.392nd gill slit length20.923.322.322.1324.0223.4321.8224.0023.083rd gill slit length21.62221.921.2923.4822.5120.9125.0022.974th gill slit length19.619.819.718.8220.3619.8118.3723.5020.715th gill slit length15.615.915.814.8315.5215.2114.2918.0016.40Pectoral length 1NaNaNa85.7192.1689.6889.1193.0091.40Pectoral length 2NaNaNa102.52112.74109.56112.87122.00116.24Pectoral length 3NaNaNa94.2798.7896.8293.0796.0494.37Tail length84.5111.795.189.0689.1789.1286.73113.0099.04Tail height1.82.82.31.641.661.652.082.202.15Tail width1.44.22.81.531.581.561.492.101.72Pre-cloacal distance81.18281.576.1182.2878.8978.3585.0082.94Pelvic fin length14.927.521.922.5225.4124.2721.4328.0024.08Width across pelvic fin base12.816.114.316.7218.3217.3319.8022.0020.86Lower tooth band length23.923.223.624.4425.7325.0519.9023.7621.97Head length29.233.931.631.0934.2932.6730.6135.0032.17Diameter of eye1.63.62.63.474.504.031.984.083.01Rostrum to pelvic fin102.3NaNa100.28101.52100.8799.00101.0299.79Pre-dorsal length85.8NaNa79.5583.8981.3480.9987.0084.10Caudal bulb4.14.54.35.986.696.34NaNaNa aIncludes measurements from Bigelow & Schroeder (1953, p. 504) b, cReference and row data from Marshall et al. (2008, 2009), excluding foetal data