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Genus of cartilaginous fishes
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]
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 philipi (Lloyd, 1906)
Okamejei schmidti (
Ishiyama , 1958) (Browneye skate)
^
a
b Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2011).
Species of Okamejei in
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.