Okamejei is a genus of small skates in the family Rajidae from the central and western Indo-Pacific, and the north-western Pacific Ocean.
Species Three species formerly placed in this genus were moved to Orbiraja in 2016.Last, Weigman & Dumale (2016). A new skate genus Orbiraja (Rajiformes: Rajidae) from the Indo-West Pacific. Zootaxa 4184 (1). There are currently 14 recognized species in Okamejei: Okamejei acutispina (Ishiyama, 1958) (Sharpspine skate) Okamejei arafurensis Last & Gledhill, 2008 (Arafura skate) Okamejei boesemani (Ishihara, 1987) (Boeseman's skate) Okamejei cairae Last, Fahmi & Ishihara, 2010 (Borneo sand skate) Okamejei heemstrai (McEachran & Fechhelm, 1982) (East African skate) Okamejei hollandi (D. S. Jordan & R. E. Richardson, 1909) (Yellow-spotted skate) Okamejei kenojei (J. P. Müller & Henle, 1841) (Ocellate spot skate) Okamejei leptoura Last & Gledhill, 2008 (Thin-tail skate) Okamejei meerdervoortii (Bleeker, 1860) (Bigeye skate) Okamejei mengae Jeong, Nakabo & H. L. Wu, 2007 Okamejei ornata Weigmann, Stehmann & Thiel, 2015 (Ornate skate)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. Okamejei panayensis Misawa, Babaran & Motomura, 2022 Okamejei picta Ng, Ho, Joung & Liu, 2023Ng, 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. Okamejei schmidti (Ishiyama, 1958) (Browneye skate)
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