TABLE 1 in DNA barcoding reveals a new species of deepwater catshark of the genus Apristurus (Chondrichthyes: Pentanchidae) from India, in the Southeastern Arabian Sea

TABLE 1. Morphometric measurements of Apristurus drona sp. nov., expressed as a percentage of total length (TL) and comparisons of morphometric data of A. nakayai, A. exsanguis and A. macrorhynchus from Iglesias, 2013; Sato, Nakaya & Stewart, 1999 and Tanaka, 1909. A. dronaA. nakayaiA. exsanguisA. macrorhynchusHolotypeParatype 1Paratype 2Paratype 3HolotypeHolotypeTotal rangeTotal rangeTerm%TL%TL% TL% TLTotal length (in mm)473462472439659862349–908PreD2-insertion length68.764.967.269.568.3PreD2-origin length64.160.664.266.361.566.260.5–67.655.7–62.3PreD1-insertion length54.552.456.156.952.2PreD1-origin length50.549.153.854.447.650.945.3–52.242.2–45.0PreP1 length23.021.718.322.720.220.117.9–23.120.8–23.2PreP2 length35.935.336.237.337.242.140.4–43.736.6–37.7Pre-vent length40.440.339.242.240.4Preanal length52.452.254.054.051.656.050.9–58.949.3–50.7Precaudal length68.967.570.371.568.669.866.2–73.767.9–71.2Pre-spiracular length12.811.711.813.312.1Pre-orbital length9.18.08.910.38.58.17.4–11.210.0–11.7Pre-oral length8.17.27.18.07.77.06.2–10.39.6–10.6Pre-outer nostril length3.73.54.45.2Head length24.122.721.123.520.320.018.6–23.922.2–23.7Head height7.77.16.97.475.5–7.2Head width at mouth corners10.09.910.210.810Mouth width8.28.37.78.36.86.8–7.2Mouth length3.12.93.33.52.42.5–2.8Internarial width3.53.33.23.83.32.62.4–3.5Upper labial furrow length3.53.13.23.33.13.13.1–3.93.0–3.4Lower labial furrow length2.42.12.82.82.11.91.9–3.22.0–2.3Orbit length3.23.13.23.43.22.82.6–3.52.7Orbit height0.81.01.31.21.1Nostril length3.43.43.03.032.72.6–4.23.0–3.3Nostril-mouth space1.51.31.21.41.7Interorbital space5.55.25.46.05.31st gill height1.62.63.23.01.33rd gill height1.92.52.73.41.75th gill height1.51.52.02.01.5Inter gill length5.95.85.96.7D1–D2 space9.38.89.19.79.49.95.6–10.58.3–10.7D1–D2 origins13.712.212.912.814D1–D2 insertions14.012.313.614.116.2P1–P2 space8.08.69.58.9P1–P2 origins12.714.117.215.716.414.1–17.0P1–P2 insertions14.214.220.318.616.4P2– anal space7.57.27.15.58.2D1 length6.36.15.15.77.2D1 free lobe length2.52.52.82.82.7D1 base length3.53.02.72.94.85.1–5.8D1 height1.51.51.31.61.42.2D2 length8.07.97.17.89.8D2 free lobe length3.42.93.13.73.3D2 base length4.53.93.84.26.65.7–6.5D2 height2.12.02.02.22.2P1 base length7.17.16.96.98.6P1 anterior margin13.012.011.412.012.411.3–12.5P1 posterior margin8.38.78.38.47.7P1 inner margin5.14.75.66.34.66.8–7.2P1 width8.58.28.78.8P2 base length7.26.37.99.17.6P2 anterior margin5.04.14.74.83.6P2 posterior margin6.15.86.36.36.2P2 inner margin3.53.63.33.13.3P2 length9.79.110.911.79Anal base length(muscle)14.914.714.415.11914.712.6–15.518.2–19.1Anal anterior margin8.07.97.87.88Anal posterior margin9.89.610.511.010.9Anal height4.14.33.93.84.14.93.8–7.04.3–4.9Anal inner margin1.21.11.21.00.8Caudal peduncle height4.24.34.24.44.8Caudal fin length30.130.329.928.43227.1–32.1Caudal fin pre-ventral margin length9.49.210.48.910.58.7–9.1Caudal fin post-ventral margin17.116.717.416.316.4Caudal fin height8.37.77.77.78Caudal fin terminal lobe height3.32.93.02.9Caudal fin terminal lobe length4.95.05.46.4Clasper outer length5.85.5Clasper inner length8.29.0 ......continued on the next page