Hypanus
| Hypanus | |
|---|---|
 | |
| H. say | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Order: | Myliobatiformes |
| Family: | Dasyatidae |
| Genus: | Hypanus Müller & Henle, 1837 |
| Type species | |
| Raja say Lesueur, 1817 | |
Hypanus is a genus of stingrays in the family Dasyatidae from warmer parts of the East Pacific and Atlantic, including the Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico. The genus was previous regarded as a junior synonym of the genus Dasyatis.[1]
Species
The placement of H. marianae and H. rudis within the genus is provisional, pending more thorough investigation.
- Hypanus americanus (Hildebrand & Schroeder, 1928) (Southern stinrgay)
- Hypanus dipterurus (Jordan & Gilbert, 1880) (Diamond stingray)
- Hypanus guttatus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) (Longnose stingray)
- Hypanus longus (Garman, 1880) (Longtail stingray)
- Hypanus marianae (Gomes, Rosa & Gadig, 2000) (Brazilian large-eyed stingray)
- Hypanus rudis (Günther, 1870) (Smalltooth stingray)
- Hypanus sabinus (Lesueur, 1824) (Atlantic stingray)
- Hypanus say (Lesueur, 1817) (Bluntnose stingray)
References
- ↑ Last, P.R.; Naylor, G.J.; Manjaji-Matsumoto, B.M. (2016). "A revised classification of the family Dasyatidae (Chondrichthyes: Myliobatiformes) based on new morphological and molecular insights". Zootaxa. 4139 (3): 345–368. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4139.3.2.
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