Okamejei boesemani (Ishihara, 1987)
Boeseman's skate
Okamejei boesemani
photo by FAO

 Family:  Rajidae (Skates)
 Max. size:  55 cm (male/unsexed)
 Environment:  demersal; depth range 70 - 90 m
 Distribution:  Western Central Pacific: East and South China seas from Shanghai (China) to Kuching (Sarawak), and possibly off eastern Indonesia. Possibly wide ranging in the Indo-Pacific.
 Diagnosis:   
 Biology:  Occur in the sublittoral zone, 70-90 m on sandy mud bottoms (Ref. 11230). Oviparous. Distinct pairing with embrace. Young may tend to follow large objects, such as their mother (Ref. 205). Eggs are oblong capsules with stiff pointed horns at the corners deposited in sandy or muddy flats (Ref. 205). Egg capsules measure 6.1 cm long and 3.7 cm wide (Ref. 41249). Utilization details sketchy (Ref. 9908). Very rarely caught by demersal longline fisheries off Java. Utilized for its meat (Ref.58048).
 IUCN Red List Status: Data deficient  (Ref. 96402)
 Threat to humans:  other
 Country info:   
 

 Entered by: Garilao, Cristina V. - 19.10.95
 Modified by: Wiethüchter, Anita - 15.02.08

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