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. There are currently 14 recognized species in Okamejei:
- Okamejei acutispina <small>(Ishiyama, 1958)</small> (Sharpspine skate)
- Okamejei arafurensis <small>Last & Gledhill, 2008</small> (Arafura skate)
- Okamejei boesemani <small>(Ishihara, 1987)</small> (Boeseman's skate)
- Okamejei cairae <small>Last, Fahmi & Ishihara, 2010</small> (Borneo sand skate)
- Okamejei heemstrai <small>(McEachran & Fechhelm, 1982)</small> (East African skate)
- Okamejei hollandi <small>(D. S. Jordan & R. E. Richardson, 1909)</small> (Yellow-spotted skate)
- Okamejei kenojei <small>(J. P. Müller & Henle, 1841)</small> (Ocellate spot skate)
- Okamejei leptoura <small>Last & Gledhill, 2008</small> (Thin-tail skate)
- Okamejei meerdervoortii <small>(Bleeker, 1860)</small> (Bigeye skate)
- Okamejei mengae <small>Jeong, Nakabo & H. L. Wu, 2007</small>
- Okamejei ornata <small>Weigmann, Stehmann & Thiel, 2015</small> (Ornate skate)
- Okamejei panayensis <small>Misawa, Babaran & Motomura, 2022</small>
- Okamejei picta <small>Ng, Ho, Joung & Liu, 2023</small>
- Okamejei schmidti <small>(Ishiyama, 1958)</small> (Browneye skate)
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