Ocellate spot skate

Ocellate spot skate
Conservation status
Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
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, spiny rasp skate, or swarthy skate,^[2] (Okamejei kenojei) is a species of skate, family Rajidae, common in the northwestern 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. Ishihaha, H., Wang, Y., Tanaka, S. & Nakaya, K. (2007). "Okamejei kenojei". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.1. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 14 September 2011.
2. Froese, Rainer and 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.