Ocellate spot skate | |
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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) |
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Synonyms | |
Raja fusca Garman, 1885 |
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, (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.