Taxonomy of Finfish (1+2)

Taeniura meyeni (Muller and Henle,1841)

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Chondrichthyes

Subclass : Elasmobranchii

Order Myliobatiformes

Family : Dasyatidae (sting rays)

Genera : Taeniura meyeni

Species : T. meyeni

Taeniura meyeni

• Skin fold present on under surface of tail (may be low) and sometimes on dorsal surface behind sting
• base of tail relatively broad, distinctly depressed

Taeniura meyeni

• Ventral skin fold deep, extending to tip of tail
• Disc almost circular; upper surface with fine black and white mottling (no blue spots)