Ocellate spot skate

Ocellate spot skate
Conservation status
	; Data Deficient (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Chondrichthyes
Subclass:	Elasmobranchii
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

^ Ishihaha, H.; Wang, Y.; Tanaka, S. & Nakaya, K. (2009). "Okamejei kenojei". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2009: e.T161645A5471805. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009-2.RLTS.T161645A5471805.en. Retrieved 24 December 2017.
^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Okamejei kenojei". FishBase. August 2014 version.
^ 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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[1] Ishihaha, H.; Wang, Y.; Tanaka, S. & Nakaya, K. (2009). "Okamejei kenojei". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2009: e.T161645A5471805. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009-2.RLTS.T161645A5471805.en. Retrieved 24 December 2017.

[fishbase-2] Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Okamejei kenojei". 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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