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. 2022 Apr 25;10:742437. doi: 10.3389/fbioe.2022.742437

TABLE 2.

Morphometric measurements from scales of shortfin mako shark.

Region H1 H2 H3 B1 B2 B3 B4 C1 C2 C3 C4 C5 C6 C7 C8
CL(μm) 239 ± 23 215 ± 21 186 ± 17 225 ± 22 201 ± 18 191 ± 14 138 ± 12 244 ± 26 221 ± 23 129 ± 10 121 ± 8 165 ± 15 198 ± 15 159 ± 11 125 ± 10
CW(μm) 207 ± 13 173 ± 16 174 ± 15 178 ± 17 177 ± 16 169 ± 13 102 ± 7 184 ± 12 173 ± 14 102 ± 6 93 ± 5 144 ± 11 148 ± 10 129 ± 10 93 ± 9
RD(μm) 0 ± 0 2 ± 0 7 ± 0 3 ± 0 9 ± 1 10 ± 1 9 ± 1 0 ± 0 0 ± 0 0 ± 0 8 ± 0 8 ± 1 9 ± 0 0 ± 0 7 ± 0
RS(μm) N/A 38 ± 5 41 ± 6 39 ± 5 41 ± 6 31 ± 4 27 ± 2 N/A N/A N/A 28 ± 2 34 ± 4 27 ± 2 N/A 32 ± 4
CL/CW 1.15 1.24 1.07 1.26 1.14 1.13 1.35 1.33 1.28 1.26 1.3 1.15 1.34 1.23 1.34
RD/RS N/A 0.05 0.17 0.08 0.22 0.32 0.33 N/A N/A N/A 0.29 0.24 0.33 N/A 0.22
Density 52 ± 3 59 ± 6 58 ± 6 61 ± 7 64 ± 8 78 ± 9 65 ± 7 41 ± 2 47 ± 3 54 ± 3 56 ± 4 52 ± 3 48 ± 2 49 ± 3 53 ± 5
Region C9 C10 C11 D1 D2 D3 D4 D5 D6 D7 L1 L2 L3 L4 L5
CL(μm) 147 ± 11 188 ± 16 105 ± 7 204 ± 19 192 ± 13 163 ± 16 137 ± 12 138 ± 11 145 ± 15 153 ± 16 182 ± 18 218 ± 21 227 ± 23 138 ± 8 179 ± 16
CW(μm) 112 ± 6 151 ± 13 87 ± 4 155 ± 12 151 ± 11 126 ± 12 104 ± 7 113 ± 11 124 ± 12 125 ± 13 162 ± 13 175 ± 15 209 ± 20 135 ± 14 153 ± 14
RD(μm) 8 ± 0 10 ± 1 9 ± 1 0 ± 0 0 ± 0 0 ± 0 3 ± 0 5 ± 0 4 ± 0 3 ± 0 6 ± 0 9 ± 0 8 ± 0 8 ± 1 7 ± 0
RS(μm) 30 ± 4 29 ± 2 30 ± 3 N/A N/A N/A 25 ± 2 21 ± 2 20 ± 2 24 ± 3 41 ± 6 40 ± 5 43 ± 6 39 ± 4 35 ± 3
CL/CW 1.31 1.25 1.21 1.32 1.27 1.29 1.32 1.22 1.17 1.22 1.12 1.25 1.09 1.02 1.17
RD/RS 0.27 0.34 0.3 N/A N/A N/A 0.12 0.24 0.2 0.13 0.15 0.23 0.19 0.21 0.2
Density 55 ± 6 48 ± 4 59 ± 5 41 ± 2 44 ± 2 47 ± 3 52 ± 4 51 ± 3 49 ± 3 48 ± 3 47 ± 2 44 ± 2 41 ± 1 51 ± 5 49 ± 3
Region L6 P1 P2 P3 P4 P5 P6 P7 P8 P9 P10 M1 V1 V2 V3
CL(μm) 211 ± 16 273 ± 24 286 ± 25 221 ± 21 195 ± 19 191 ± 14 215 ± 15 124 ± 13 173 ± 16 213 ± 15 195 ± 13 161 ± 16 194 ± 21 228 ± 23 206 ± 19
CW(μm) 169 ± 12 245 ± 21 255 ± 22 187 ± 14 161 ± 13 172 ± 10 179 ± 9 115 ± 7 147 ± 11 175 ± 10 166 ± 6 130 ± 11 134 ± 12 168 ± 14 143 ± 12
RD(μm) 7 ± 0 0 ± 0 0 ± 0 0 ± 0 6 ± 0 3 ± 0 4 ± 0 5 ± 0 0 ± 0 6 ± 0 7 ± 0 6 ± 0 12 ± 2 11 ± 2 13 ± 2
RS(μm) 39 ± 4 N/A N/A N/A 34 ± 3 29 ± 2 33 ± 3 36 ± 4 N/A 26 ± 2 29 ± 3 24 ± 2 33 ± 4 42 ± 6 40 ± 5
CL/CW 1.25 1.11 1.12 1.18 1.21 1.11 1.2 1.08 1.18 1.22 1.17 1.24 1.45 1.36 1.44
RD/RS 0.18 N/A N/A N/A 0.18 0.1 0.12 0.14 N/A 0.23 0.24 0.25 0.36 0.26 0.33
Density 45 ± 2 42 ± 1 40 ± 1 44 ± 2 47 ± 3 49 ± 4 48 ± 3 59 ± 6 57 ± 6 47 ± 3 51 ± 5 56 ± 7 54 ± 5 45 ± 5 50 ± 3

Sampling regions are displayed in Figure 3. Values are means ± SD (Standard Deviation). When the standard deviation is less than 0.5, it is recorded as 0. The ratio of riblet length-width and depth-spacing is the ratio of two mean values and there has no SD. N/A means that the scales are smooth without riblets.