TABLE 1 in Okamejei picta sp. nov., a new rajid skate from the South China Sea (Rajiformes Rajidae)

TABLE 1. Morphometric data of O. picta sp. nov., and O. hollandi. Mean values are given in parentheses. Data of the holotypes of O. hollandi and O. mengae were obtained from Ishihara (1986) and Jeong et al. (2007), respectively. *: data transformed to %TL. HT=Holotype; PT=Paratype; NT=Non-types
O. pictaO. hollandiO. mengaeO. pictaO. hollandiO. mengaeHTPTHTNT (n=8)HTHTPTHTNT (n=8)HTTotal length (mm)429405412350–480295% TL% TLNasal curtain (total width)8.87.8-8.1–9.1 (8.5)-Disc width57.663.263.662.7–68.5 (65.0)63.6Nasal curtain (min. width)5.03.9-4.2–5.6 (5.2)4.6Disc length45.047.752.751.6–55.8 (53.2)55.7Nasal curtain (lobe width)2.22.6-1.6–2.1 (1.8)1.6Snout length to maximum width33.028.032.029.8–32.1 (30.9)32.9Width of first gill opening0.81.2-1.1–2.0 (1.7)1.6Snout length (preorbital)14.510.914.112.8–15.3 (13.9)17.6Width of fifth gill opening0.80.8-1.0–1.5 (1.1)0.7Snout to spiracle19.113.7-18.1–20.5 (19.0)-Distance between first gill openings12.113.7-11.5–13.0 (12.3)14.1Head (dorsal length)24.524.820.919.3–21.5 (20.2)24.7Distance between fifth gill openings6.67.2-6.3–7.9 (7.0)0.7Orbit diameter4.14.53.73.7–4.2 (4.0)4.3Clasper (post cloacal length)23.526.3-21.9–23.5 (22.7)-Orbit + spiracle length5.65.65.25.0–5.9 (5.5)5.6Length of anterior pelvic lobe13.012.811.910.3–12.1 (11.4)14.2