Bigeye skate

Okamejei meerdervoortii

Young trail large objects like their mother

Bigeye skate is a marine fish of Western Pacific. The species occupies marine waters. The largest recorded length is 37 cm.

Class: Sharks and Rays
Order: Skates
Family: Rajidae
Genus: Okamejei
Maximum length: 37 cm
Water: Marine
Distribution: Western Pacific: Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan to the East China Sea as far south as the northernmost parts of the Okinawa Trough, and the Sea of Genkai (Ref. 10932 ). Reported from Taiwan (Ref. 12711 ), China and the Philippines (Ref. 8630 ).
Conservation status: VUVulnerable

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