Okamejei

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Okamejei
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Domain: Eukaryota
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 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]

References

  1. 1 2 Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Okamejei". FishBase . February 2011 version.
  2. ↑ Last, Weigman & Dumale (2016). A new skate genus Orbiraja (Rajiformes: Rajidae) from the Indo-West Pacific. Zootaxa 4184 (1).
  3. ↑ 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.
  4. ↑ 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.


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