Okamejei

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Okamejei
Okamejei kenojei2.jpg
Okamejei kenojei
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Order: Rajiformes
Family: Rajidae
Genus: Okamejei
, 1958
Type species
Raja fusca
Garman, 1885

Okamejei is a genus of small skates in the family Rajidae from the central and western Indo-Pacific, and the north-western Pacific Ocean.[1]

Species[]

Three species formerly placed in this genus were moved to Orbiraja in 2016.[2] There are currently 13 recognized species in Okamejei:[1]

  • (, 1958) (Sharpspine skate)
  • Last & , 2008 (Arafura skate)
  • (, 1987) (Boeseman's skate)
  • Last, & , 2010 (Borneo sand skate)
  • ( & , 1982) (East African skate)
  • (D. S. Jordan & , 1909) (Yellow-spotted skate)
  • Okamejei kenojei (J. P. Müller & Henle, 1841) (Ocellate spot skate)
  • Last & , 2008 (Thin-tail skate)
  • (Bleeker, 1860) (Bigeye skate)
  • , & , 2007
  • , & , 2015 (Ornate skate)[3]
  • Okamejei pita (R. Fricke & , 1995) (Pita skate) (incertae sedis)[3]
  • (, 1958) (Browneye skate)

References[]

  1. ^ a b Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2011). Species of Okamejei in FishBase. February 2011 version.
  2. ^ Last, Weigman & Dumale (2016). A new skate genus Orbiraja (Rajiformes: Rajidae) from the Indo-West Pacific. Zootaxa 4184 (1).
  3. ^ a b Weigmann, S., Stehmann, M.F.W. & Thiel, R. (2015): Okamejei ornata n. sp., a new deep-water skate (Elasmobranchii, Rajidae) from the northwestern Indian Ocean off Socotra Islands. Deep-Sea Research Part II, 115: 18-29.


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