Ocellate spot skate

Species of fish

The ocellate spot skate (Okamejei kenojei), also known as the spiny rasp skate or swarthy skate,^[2] 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.^[3]

References

1. Rigby, C.L.; Dulvy, N.K.; Derrick, D.; Dyldin, Y.V.; Herman, K.; Ishihara, H.; Jeong, C.-H.; Semba, Y.; Tanaka, S.; Volvenko, I.V.; Yamaguchi, A. (2021). "Okamejei kenojei". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T161645A124520681. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-1.RLTS.T161645A124520681.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
2. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Okamejei kenojei". 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.