An annotated checklist of the chondrichthyans of Papua New Guinea Author White, William T. Author Ko’Ou, Alfred text Zootaxa 2018 2018-04-19 4411 1 1 82 journal article 30231 10.11646/zootaxa.4411.1 abf8082d-c179-4cb2-acc4-3cdef16c4341 1175-5326 1221878 255EE06E-3171-41F3-BB3D-E7D29537A292 Taeniurops meyeni (Müller & Henle, 1841) Blotched Fantail Ray Taeniura meyeni Müller & Henle, 1841: 172 , pl. 55. Syntypes : MNHN 0000-2428, ZMB 4660 . 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 .