Table 3. Basic external measures statistics for Tursiops australis sp. nov. and Tursiops truncatus from Victoria waters, south-eastern Australia.

		Tursiops australis			Tursiops truncatus
Measure	n	Mean (cm)	Range (cm)	n	Mean (cm)	Range (cm)	significance
UJAM	9	10.8	9.4–12	4	11.6	11–12.5	NA
UJGAP	12	28.7	24–30.5	5	33.2	32–35	**
UJEYE	12	35.4	30.5–39	5	38.7	34–40.5	*
UJBH	12	37.1	33.5–40	5	39.9	37–43	*
UJDF	9	113.8	101–119	3	130	125–135	NA
UJTDF	12	156.8	143–168	5	175.3	172–183	**
TLEN	12	257.1	235.5–278	5	295	283–302	**
UJFLIP	12	56.9	50.5–61	5	61.7	60–63	*
UJGEN	9	157.4	146–192	4	195.4	180–20	NA
UJANU	12	181.0	166–194	5	208.6	205–212	**
LFLIP	12	46.0	36–48.5	5	44.9	42.5–47	ns
WFLIP	12	17.8	13–26	5	16.1	15–18	ns
WFLU	12	62.9	56.5–68	5	68.3	64.5–78	*
DCN	9	4.2	2–5.5	4	5	3.2–8	NA
HD	12	26.3	24–28	5	29	23.5–34	*
PROJ	9	1.0	0.5–2	4	1.3	0.5–2	NA
GIRMAX	11	144.6	112–164	5	138.2	123–154	NA
GIRANU	11	75.3	68–82	3	79	71–84	NA

NA measure eliminated from study;

*significant (p<0.05);

**highly significant (p<0.001); ns not significant.