Ocellate spot skate

Okamejei kenojei

Sharks and rays
IUCN: Vulnerable

Usual depth53–208 m
Water temperature14–29 °C
Best monthsJune and October
How commonOccasional

About this species

The ocellate spot skate, 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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Where and when

Where it has been recorded

Worldwide

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Best months

Worldwide (open data)

January: 0 records
February: 1 records
March: 1 records
April: 2 records
May: 1 records
June: 7 records
July: 1 records
August: 0 records
September: 3 records
October: 6 records
November: 1 records
December: 1 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 53–208 m · Deepest record: 282.5 m

20–30 m: 1 records
30–40 m: 0 records
40–50 m: 0 records
50–60 m: 3 records
60–70 m: 0 records
70–80 m: 1 records
80–90 m: 4 records
90–100 m: 2 records
100–110 m: 0 records
110–120 m: 1 records
120–130 m: 1 records
130+ m: 4 records

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of 14–29 °C

12–14 °C: 5 records
14–16 °C: 3 records
16–18 °C: 3 records
18–20 °C: 9 records
20–22 °C: 5 records
22–24 °C: 2 records
24–26 °C: 1 records
26–28 °C: 0 records
28–30 °C: 3 records

Names and classification

English: Ocellate spot skate, Spiny rasp skate, Swarthy skate, Ocellated Spot Skate, Spiny Skate

Names in 4 more languages

German: Raurücken-Nagelrochen
Japanese: Komon-kasube, Komonkasube, コモンカスベ
Korean: 홍어, Gan-je-mi, Hong-eo
Simplified Chinese: Bãn-yáo, Lao-bãn, Yóu-hu, 平背鯆魮, 斑岡村鰩, 斑甕鰩, 魟仔, 魴仔

Other scientific names: Dipturus kenojei, Raja atriventralis, Raja fusca, Raja japonica, Raja karagea, Raja katsukii, Raja kenojei, Raja porosa, Raja tobae

Sources and credits

Names and taxonomy: WoRMS (CC BY 4.0) and the GBIF Backbone (CC BY 4.0). Photos: iNaturalist observers, each under the licence shown (CC0, CC BY or CC BY-SA).

Depth, temperature, months and maps: records from OBIS and GBIF under CC0 or CC BY.
Descriptions: Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA, each linked to its article.
Conservation status as published by GBIF (IUCN Red List).
84 open-data records from 1900 to 2017.

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