Genus Okamejei Ishiyama, 1958
- Okamejei Ishiyama, R. 1958. Studies on the rajid fishes (Rajidae) found in the waters around Japan. Journal of the Shimonoseki College of Fisheries 7(2,3): 193-394 figs 1-86 pls 1-3 [354] (as subgenus of Raja).
Type species:
Raja fusca Garman, 1885 by original designation.
Introduction
Okamejei was originally proposed as a subgenus of Raja, but was elevated to generic rank by McEachran & Dunn (1998).
Distribution
States
Northern Territory, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Indo-west Pacific
IMCRA
Timor Province (2), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Transition (3), Northwest Province (4), Central Western Province (6), Southwest Transition (7)
General References
Last, P.R. & Gledhill, D.C. 2008. Two new skates of the genus Okamejei (Rajoidei: Rajidae) from the south-east Indian Ocean. pp. 119-134 in Last, P.R., White, W.T., Pogonoski, J.J. & Gledhill, D.C. (eds). Description of new Australian skates (Batoidea: Rajoidei). CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research Paper No. 021: 1-181
McEachran, J.D. & Dunn, K.A. 1998. Phylogenetic analysis of skates, a morphologically conservative clade of elasmobranchs (Chondrichthyes: Rajidae). Copeia 1998(2): 271-290 [279]
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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| 16-Apr-2012 | 16-Apr-2012 | MODIFIED | ||
| 15-Mar-2010 | ADDED |