Okamejei

Updated on Jan 21, 2024

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Kingdom Animalia Subclass Elasmobranchii Family Rajidae Rank Genus		Phylum Chordata Order Rajiformes Higher classification Skate

Similar Skate, Rajiformes, Batoids, Ocellate spot skate, Breviraja

common skete okamejei kenojei

Okamejei is a genus of small skates in the family Rajidae from the central and western Indo-Pacific, and northwest Pacific.

Three species formerly placed in this genus were moved to Orbiraja in 2016. There are currently 13 recognized species in Okamejei:

Okamejei acutispina (Ishiyama, 1958) (Sharpspine skate)

Okamejei arafurensis Last & Gledhill, 2008 (Arafura skate)

Okamejei boesemani (Ishihara, 1987) (Boeseman's skate)

Okamejei cairae Last, Fahmi & Ishihara, 2010 (Borneo sand skate)

Okamejei heemstrai (McEachran & Fechhelm, 1982) (East African skate)

Okamejei hollandi (D. S. Jordan & R. E. Richardson, 1909) (Yellow-spotted skate)

Okamejei kenojei (J. P. Müller & Henle, 1841) (Ocellated spot skate)

Okamejei leptoura Last & Gledhill, 2008 (Thin-tail skate)

Okamejei meerdervoortii (Bleeker, 1860) (Bigeye skate)

Okamejei mengae Jeong, Nakabo & H. L. Wu, 2007

Okamejei ornata Weigmann, Stehmann & Thiel, 2015 (Ornate skate)

Okamejei pita (R. Fricke & Al-Hassan, 1995) (Pita skate) (incertae sedis)

Okamejei schmidti (Ishiyama, 1958) (Browneye skate)

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