FIGURE 11 in Bathyraja (Arctoraja) sexoculata sp. nov., a new softnose skate (Rajiformes Arhynchobatidae) from Simushir Island, Kuril Islands (western North Pacific) with special reference to geographic variations in Bathyraja (Arctoraja) smirnovi

FIGURE 11. Frequency distribution of selected meristic counts in Bathyraja sexoculata sp. nov. and B. smirnovi. (A) total tail thorns (predorsal + interdorsal), (B) nuchal thorns, (C) predorsal caudal vertebrae. Red, B. sexoculata; black, B. smirnovi from southern Sea of Japan; gray, B. smirnovi from northern Sea of Japan; white, B. smirnovi from Sea of Okhotsk