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 Aetobatus ocellatus (Kuhl, 1823) Spotted Eagle Ray Myliobatus ocellatus Kuhl in van Hasselt, 1823: 316 . No original types designated; Neotype : MZB 18225; neotype designation by White et al . (2010) . Type locality: Java , Indonesia . Local synonymy: Myliobatis punctatus Miklouho-Maclay & Macleay, 1886: 675 , pl. 46 (figs 1-6) (Hermit Islands; Admiralty Islands). Aetobatus punctatus— Munro, 1958: 114 (Haidana Island; Waterfall Bay, New Britain). Aetobatus ocellatus— Munro, 1967: 16, pl. 2, fig. 21 (New Guinea); White et al. , 2018 : 280, figs (PNG). Aetobatus narinari— Filewood, 1973 : 14 (PNG); Haines, 1979a : 6 (Purari Delta); Allen et al. , 2003 : 112 (Milne Bay); Hamilton et al. , 2009 : 73 (northern Bismarck Archipelago); Drew et al. , 2012 : 5 (Bootless Bay). Aetobatis narinari— Gochfeld, 1996 : 43 (southern New Ireland). PNG voucher material: (3 spec.) FMNH 120552 , female ~ 350 mm DW, boat jetty at Tahira , Bootless Bay , Port Moresby , 9°30’26” S , 147°17’12” E , 18 Jan. 2011 ; KFRS E.684, male 880 mm DW, Daru fish market, Daru , Western Province , 23 Oct. 2014 ; NMV A 15817 (stuffed), 545 mm DW, no collection data. Remarks: First recorded from PNG by Miklouho-Maclay & Macleay (1886) who described it as a new species, Myliobatis punctatus , from the Hermit and Admiralty Islands. Previously considered synonymise with Aetobatus narinari ( Euphrasen, 1790 ) but the latter species restricted to the Atlantic Ocean. Previously placed in the family Myliobatidae .