Round ribbontail ray  (Taeniura meyeni)

Found throughout the East and West Pacific, Red Sea and Indian Ocean (5). Indo-West Pacific: Red Sea and East Africa to southern Japan, Micronesia, tropical Australia and Lord Howe Island (2). Eastern Pacific: known only from oceanic islands (Cocos and the Galapagos), where the species is very common, but individuals may also colonise waters around the Central America mainland (2) (5).

Occurs in a range of habitats, from shallow lagoons to outer reef slopes, to depths of 500 m (2).