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Ocellate spot skate

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Subclass
  
Elasmobranchii

Family
  
Rajidae

Scientific name
  
Okamejei kenojei

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Chordata

Order
  
Rajiformes

Genus
  
Okamejei

Higher classification
  
Okamejei

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Similar
  
Batoids, Portunus trituberculatus, Larimichthys polyactis, Soft‑shell clam, Chinese drum

The ocellate spot skate, spiny rasp skate, or swarthy skate, (Okamejei kenojei) is a species of skate, family Rajidae, common in the northwestern Pacific Ocean. O. kenojei is a bottom-feeding carnivore that consumes mainly shrimp, fishes, and crabs. Its diet also includes small quantities of amphipods, mysids, cephalopods, euphausiids, copepods, isopods, and polychaetes.

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