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Taeniurops meyeni (Müller & Henle, 1841)

Round ribbontail ray
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Australia country information

Common names: Black-blotched stingray, Black-spotted stingray, Blotched fantail ray
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Occurs in northern Australia, from Ningaloo in Western Australia to Townsville, Queensland; also found in Norfolk and Lord Howe Is. (Ref. 8879). Possibly widespread along the Great Barrier Reef. Also Ref. 7300, 33390, 75154.
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/as.html
National Fisheries Authority: http://www.csiro.au/
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Last, P.R. and J.D. Stevens, 1994
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Pastenague éventail, Blotched fantail ray, Stingray, ... more

Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Elasmobranchii (sharks and rays) > Myliobatiformes (Stingrays) > Dasyatidae (Stingrays) > Dasyatinae
Etymology: Taeniurops: From feminine Latin noun, 'taenia' = ribbon or band, ancient Greek 'oura' = tail, referring to fin fold underneath tail and Greek 'ops' = appearance; originally proposed as a subgenus of Taeniura (Richard Bajol, pers. Comm. 06/16)..;  meyeni: Named for Franz Julius Ferdinand Meyen (1804-1840), physician and botanist (R. Bajol, pers.comm. 06/16)..
  More on authors: Müller & Henle.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Marine; reef-associated; depth range 1 - 500 m (Ref. 37816), usually 20 - 60 m (Ref. 30573).   Tropical; 41°N - 36°S, 25°E - 77°W

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