Taeniurops meyeni (Müller & Henle, 1841)

White, William T. & Ko’Ou, Alfred, 2018, An annotated checklist of the chondrichthyans of Papua New Guinea, Zootaxa 4411 (1), pp. 1-82 : 62

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4411.1
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5983415
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scientific name	Taeniurops meyeni (Müller & Henle, 1841)
status

Treatment

Blotched Fantail Ray

Taeniura meyeni Müller & Henle, 1841: 172 , pl. 55. Syntypes: MNHN 0000-2428, ZMB 4660 View Materials . Type locality: Mauritius, Mascarenes , southwestern Indian Ocean.

Local synonymy: Taeniura melanospilos— Kailola, 1987: 29 (Bougainville). Taeniura meyeni — Allen et al., 2003: 112 (Milne Bay); Hamilton et al., 2009: 73 (northern Bismarck Archipelago). Taeniurops meyeni— White et al., 2018: 262, figs (PNG).

PNG voucher material: None.

Remarks: First recorded from PNG by Kailola (1987) as Taeniura melanospilos from Bougainville, based on a destroyed specimen, KFRS E.388 (tail only) collected from Bougainville in 1969. Observed underwater, and verified from photographs, recently from Kavieng district of New Ireland.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Chordata
Class	Chondrichthyes
Order	Myliobatiformes
Family	Dasyatidae
Genus	Taeniurops