FB-69700 http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=69700 Animalia Chordata Teleostei Pleuronectiformes Cynoglossidae Symphurus Symphurus fallax Chabanaud, 1957 Philippine skate Okamejei sp. Not applicable 2022-05-18 2022-05-18 Motomura, H., U.B. Alama, N. Muto, P. Babaran and S. Ishikawa (eds.)0 Commercial and bycatch market fishes of Panay Island, Republic of the Philippines. The Kagoshima University Museum, Kagoshima, University of the Philippines Visayas, Iloilo, and Research Institute for Humanity and Nature, Kyoto. 246 pp, 911 figs. (Ref. 123102) Misawa, R., R.P. Babaran and H. Motomura0 <i>Okamejei panayensis</i> sp. nov., a new skate (Rajiformes: Rajidae) from the Philippines. Ichthyological Research (Ref. 126270) FB-DiagnosticDescr-69709 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2022-05-30 00:00:00 2022-05-30 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=69709 This species can be distinguished from its congeners by the following set of characters: tail moderately is long, slender and weakly tapering posteriorly, length 51.0% of TL; first dorsal fin (D1) origin to tail tip 21.2% of TL; interdorsal space is rather short, distance 67.0% of D1 base length; caudal-fn base length is moderate, 1.3 times D1 base length; snout is rather short, moderately acute and pointed, preorbital snout length 13.7% of TL, preoral snout length 14.3% of TL, prenarial snout length 11.3% of TL; dorsal head length 20.7% of TL, the ventral head length 28.6% of TL; orbits and eyeballs are large, orbit diameter 1.3 times interorbital width, eyeball length (horizontal diameter) 1.2 times interorbital width; tail thorns are distinct, three rows in adult male; single nuchal thorn; trunk vertebrae 28 while predorsal tail vertebrae 43. Colouration: dorsal surface of disc pale brown, margin yellowish to pale brown; numerous yellowish spots and black fecks sparsely scattered on the dorsal disc, but not forming patches; dorsal disc no ocellated markings; snout area translucent; ventral surface of disc broadly white, the margin pale brown, darkly pigmented at pectoral-fin bases, posterior insertions of pectoral fins, nasal curtain, around cloaca, and sensory pore openings; ventral disc sensory pores in a W-shaped” distribution pattern, absent on abdominal region and near pelvic-fn base; clasper with external boss, cleft, funnel, pseudorhipidion, rhipidion, shield, spike, sentinel, and terminal bridge; the clasper skeleton with three dorsal terminal cartilages, single ventral terminal cartilage, two accessory terminal cartilages (accessory terminal 1 “Y-shaped”) (Ref. 126270). Misawa, R., R.P. Babaran and H. Motomura 2022 <i>Okamejei panayensis</i> sp. nov., a new skate (Rajiformes: Rajidae) from the Philippines. Ichthyological Research (Ref. 126270) FB-Distribution-69709 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2022-05-30 00:00:00 2025-11-05 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=69709 Western Central Pacific: the Philippines. Misawa, R., R.P. Babaran and H. Motomura 2022 <i>Okamejei panayensis</i> sp. nov., a new skate (Rajiformes: Rajidae) from the Philippines. Ichthyological Research (Ref. 126270) FB-Size-69709 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2022-05-30 00:00:00 2022-05-30 00:00:00 Max. size http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=69709 30.4 cm TL (male/unsexed; (Ref. 126270)) Misawa, R., R.P. Babaran and H. Motomura 2022 <i>Okamejei panayensis</i> sp. nov., a new skate (Rajiformes: Rajidae) from the Philippines. Ichthyological Research (Ref. 126270) FB-Threats-2 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Belen Acosta 1990-10-18 00:00:00 2024-03-07 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=2 Least Concern (LC) , IUCN Grouper and Wrasse Specialist Group IUCN 2006 2006 IUCN red list of threatened species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded July 2006. FB-Habitat-69709 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2022-05-30 00:00:00 2022-05-30 00:00:00 Environment http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=69709 benthopelagic; marine