Okamejei

Okamejei
Okamejei kenojei
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Subclass: Elasmobranchii
Order: Rajiformes
Family: Rajidae
Genus: Okamejei
Ishiyama, 1958
Type species
Raja fusca
Garman, 1885

Okamejei is a genus of skates in the family Rajidae.

Species

There are currently 16 recognized species in this genus:

References

  1. 1 2 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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