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Ocellate spot skate
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Conservation status
Scientific classification
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 (Okamejei kenojei), also known as the spiny rasp skate or swarthy skate, is a species of skate in the family Rajidae and is commonly found in the north-western 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.

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