Okamejei
| Okamejei | |
|---|---|
   | |
| Okamejei kenojei | |
| Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia | 
| Phylum: | Chordata | 
| Class: | Chondrichthyes | 
| Subclass: | Elasmobranchii | 
| Order: | Rajiformes | 
| Family: | Rajidae | 
| Genus: | Ishiyama, 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 14 recognized species in Okamejei:[1]
- 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) (Ocellate 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)[3]
 - Okamejei panayensis Misawa, Babaran & Motomura, 2022
 - Okamejei picta Ng, Ho, Joung & Liu, 2023[4]
 - Okamejei schmidti (Ishiyama, 1958) (Browneye skate)
 
References
- ^ a b Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Okamejei". FishBase. February 2011 version.
 - ^ Last, Weigman & Dumale (2016). A new skate genus Orbiraja (Rajiformes: Rajidae) from the Indo-West Pacific. Zootaxa 4184 (1).
 - ^ 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.
 - ^ Ng, S.-L., Ho, H.-C., Joung, S.-J. & Liu, K.-M. (2023): Okamejei picta sp. nov., a new rajid skate from the South China Sea (Rajiformes: Rajidae). Zootaxa, 5278 (1): 103-118.
 
 
