Table 2 in Description of a new species of skate of the genus Malacoraja Stehmann, 1970: the first species from the southwestern Atlantic Ocean, with notes on generic monophyly and composition (Chondrichthyes: Rajidae)

Table 2. Meristic data for all specimens of M. obscura (A–E corresponds to specimens as in Table 1) and other species of Malacoraja (compiled from the literature). Left/right values are shown when these differ. F: M. kreffti; data from Stehmann (1993). G: “ M. mollis ”; data from Templeman (1965), Krefft & Lübben (1966), Hulley (1970), and Stehmann (1977). H: M. senta; data from Bigelow & Schroeder (1953) and McEachran (2002). I: M. spinacidermis; data from Hulley (1970), Stehmann (1977), Hulley & Stehmann (1977), and Stehmann (1995). CHARACTERABCDEFGHIM. obscuraM. obscuraM.obscuraM. obscuraM. obscuraM. kreffti" M. mollis "M. sentaM. spinacidermistotal length (mm)680505355295251pseudobranchial folds1099998-10/8-108/8-97-9/7-9snout angle105°107°101°100°100°99°-115.5°106°-115°110° max.107°tooth rows (symphysis)76/74 (38/37)64/62 (33/31)57/5554/5148/4459-66/ 61-6551-63/ 55-6438-40/ 36-3854-60/ 53-70preorbital thorns332222/11-4/1-31-31-4lateral orbital thorns44-5: juvenilespostorbital thorns3322321-2/1-21-2: adults0-3nuchal thorns621111-23-7scapular thorns31/011113-5propterygial radials2929313031mesopterygial radials1312/131212/1112/11metapterygial radials30/3131303029/30total pectoral radials72/7372/737372/717260-70/ 68-7169-70/ 68-7170-75/ 71-74pelvic radials2220/?20/2119/?18-20/ approx. 20 18-20Vtr282828282724-2525-2924-28Vprd687475737066-6967-7260-65total predorsal vertebrae961021031039788-9492-10184-93