Ocellate spot skate

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Ocellate spot skate
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Subclass: Elasmobranchii
Superorder: Batoidea
Order: Rajiformes
Family: Rajidae
Genus: Okamejei
Species:
O. kenojei
Binomial name
Okamejei kenojei
(Müller & Henle, 1841)
Synonyms
  • Raja fusca Garman, 1885
  • Raja japonica Nyström, 1887
  • Raja karagea Tanaka, 1927
  • Raja katsukii Tanaka, 1927
  • Raja kenojei Müller & Henle, 1841
  • Raja porosa Günther, 1874
  • Raja tobae Tanaka, 1916

The ocellate spot skate (Okamejei kenojei), also known as the spiny rasp skate or swarthy skate,[2] is a species of skate in the family Rajidae and is commonly found in the north-western 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.[3]

References

  1. ^ Rigby, C.L.; Dulvy, N.K.; Derrick, D.; Dyldin, Y.V.; Herman, K.; Ishihara, H.; Jeong, C.-H.; Semba, Y.; Tanaka, S.; Volvenko, I.V.; Yamaguchi, A. (2021). "Okamejei kenojei". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T161645A124520681. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-1.RLTS.T161645A124520681.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
  2. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2014). "Okamejei kenojei" in FishBase. August 2014 version.
  3. ^ Baeck, G. W.; Park, C. -I.; Choi, H. C.; Huh, S. -H.; Park, J. M. (2011). "Feeding habits of ocellate spot skate, Okamejei kenojei (Müller & Henle, 1841), in coastal waters of Taean, Korea". Journal of Applied Ichthyology. 27 (4): 1079. doi:10.1111/j.1439-0426.2011.01751.x.
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