Ocellate spot skate

Ocellate spot skate

Spiny rasp skate, Swarthy skate

Kingdom
Phylum
Order
Family
Genus
SPECIES
Okamejei kenojei
Weight
816
29
goz
g oz 
Length
57
22
cminch
cm inch 

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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Population

References

1. Ocellate spot skate Wikipedia article - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ocellate_spot_skate
2. Ocellate spot skate on The IUCN Red List site - https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/161645/124520681

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