TABLE 2 in Okamejei picta sp. nov., a new rajid skate from the South China Sea (Rajiformes Rajidae)

TABLE 2. Comparisons of selected characters of O. picta sp. nov. and the similar species. Data of the holotypes of O. hollandi and O. mengae were obtained from Ishihara (1986) and Jeong et al. (2007), respectively.
CharactersO. picta. (n=2)O. hollandi (n=9)O. mengae (n=1)MorphometricsDisc length (%TL)45.0–47.751.6–55.855.7Distance between cloaca to caudal-fin tip (%TL)53.6–55.147.8–53.448.5CountsTrunk centra3128–3023Total basal radials73–7682–8696Clasper characteristicsShape of ventral terminal cartilageJ-shapedSlightly curvedUnknownProximal end of ventral terminal cartilageBifurcatedBluntUnknownComponent funnelAbsentPresentUnknownColoration patterns (on the dorsal disc)Fresh colorationYellowish brownDark brownUnknownShape of the black spotscircular to irregular shapedcircularUnknownBlotchesindistinctdistinctabsentPosterior ocellusabsentsometimes presentabsentColorations on the ventral discwhitepale to dark brownpale brown