DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.16739802
title: Table 6 in An integrative taxonomy investigation unravels a cryptic species of Mobula Rafinesque, 1810 (Mobulidae, Myliobatiformes), from the Atlantic Ocean

description: 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
description: Published as part of Bucair, Nayara, Hinojosa-Alvarez, Silvia, Marshall, Andrea Denise, Pate, Jessica, Francini, Carlo Leopoldo Bezerra, Garrido, Amana Guedes, Capel, Katia Cristina Cruz, Loboda, Thiago Silva, Monteiro, Jhonatas Sirino, Bruno, Carlos Eduardo Malavasi, Vaga, Claudia Francesca, Dove, Alistair D. M., Hoopes, Lisa A., Perry, Cameron & Kitahara, Marcelo V., 2025, An integrative taxonomy investigation unravels a cryptic species of Mobula Rafinesque, 1810 (Mobulidae, Myliobatiformes), from the Atlantic Ocean, pp. 27 in Environmental Biology of Fishes 108 on page 27, DOI: 10.1007/s10641-025-01727-2, http://zenodo.org/record/16739693