TABLE 1. Morphometric measurements of Manta alfredi from South Africa and Manta birostris from Lombok, Indonesia.
Location South Africa South Africa South Africa Lombok Lombok Lombok Lombok
Sex Female Male Female Female Female Female Male
Disc Width (mm) 2370 2330 2330 3765 3800 3568 3850
%DL %DL %DL %DL %DL %DL %DL _
Disc Length 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00
Disc Width 237.00 220.79 220.79 228.88 228.23 227.26 215.69
Anterior Projection 40.00 39.60 39.60 36.78 35.74 35.67 34.73
Rostrum to Pelvic Fin 99.00 99.01 99.01 101.52 101.32 100.76 100.28
Pre-dorsal Length 87.00 85.15 85.15 83.89 82.28 79.62 79.55
Pre-cloacal Distance 85.00 84.16 84.16 79.03 82.28 76.11 78.15
Disc Thickness 20.00 24.75 22.77 23.10 28.83 29.30 25.21
Pectoral Length 1 93.00 92.08 89.11 92.16 90.09 90.76 85.71
Pectoral Length 2 122.00 113.86 112.87 112.46 110.51 112.74 102.52
Pectoral Length 3 94.00 96.04 93.07 98.78 97.30 94.27 96.92
1st Gill Slit Length 21.00 22.77 22.77 20.97 22.52 22.29 21.01
2nd Gill Slit Length 24.00 23.86 23.76 24.01 24.02 23.57 22.13
3rd Gill Slit Length 25.00 23.76 23.76 22.98 23.48 22.29 21.29
4th Gill Slit Length 23.50 20.79 21.78 20.36 20.30 19.75 18.82
5th Gill Slit Length 18.00 17.33 17.82 15.50 14.83 14.97 15.52
Distance Between 1st Gill Slits 27.00 23.76 25.74 25.65 24.92 23.25 23.53
Distance Between 5th Gill Slits 14.00 13.86 14.85 12.58 12.61 12.42 11.76
Rostrum to 1st Gill Slit 20.00 19.80 19.80 18.30 19.22 19.75 17.65
Rostrum to 5th Gill Slit 43.50 42.08 42.57 44.07 42.94 42.99 41.46
Cephalic Fin Length 26.00 26.73 22.77 27.36 28.23 28.34 26.89
Cephalic Fin Width 12.00 12.38 11.88 13.37 14.11 11.46 11.76
Diameter of Eye 2.40 2.97 1.98 3.95 4.50 4.20 3.47
Cranial Width 54.00 51.49 52.48 58.36 56.76 58.28 51.82
Head Length 35.00 32.67 31.68 32.83 34.29 32.48 31.09
Mouth Width 37.00 30.69 33.66 38.30 37.54 36.94 34.17
Lower Toothband Length 21.50 23.76 23.76 24.80 24.44 25.73 25.21
Internarial Distance 34.00 30.69 30.69 34.04 31.83 32.48 30.81
Spiracle Length 4.10 2.18 2.28 2.92 2.98 3.69 3.31
Interspiracle Distance 45.00 44.55 44.55 50.46 48.05 47.13 45.10
Dorsal Fin Base 17.00 14.36 15.84 13.37 12.91 13.69 12.89
Dorsal Fin Height 11.00 10.40 9.90 8.81 7.87 8.34 8.40
Dorsal Fin Anterior Margin 10.30 14.85 15.84 14.29 13.21 13.38 12.89
Width Across Pelvic Fin Base 22.00 19.80 20.79 16.72 18.32 17.20 17.09
Pelvic Fin Length 28.00 23.76 21.78 25.41 22.52 24.20 24.93
Pelvic Fin Anterior Margin 17.00 18.81 17.82 13.37 12.31 11.46 10.92
Clasper Inner Length N/A 15.84 N/A N/A N/A N/A 24.65
Tail Length 113.00 97.03 102.97 89.06 N/A 89.17 N/A
Tail Width 2.10 1.49 1.58 1.58 N/A 1.53 N/A
Tail Height 2.20 2.18 2.08 1.64 N/A 1.66 N/A
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Published as part of Marshall, Andrea D., Compagno, Leonard J. V., Bennett, Michael B. (2009). Redescription of the genus Manta with resurrection of Manta alfredi (Krefft, 1868) (Chondrichthyes; Myliobatoidei; Mobulidae). Zootaxa 2301: 1-28. DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.191734 on page 5