Hypanus

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]

Hypanus
H. say
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Hypanus

Rafinesque, 1818
Type species
Raja say
Lesueur, 1817

Species

The placement of H. marianae and H. rudis within the genus is provisional, pending more thorough investigation.

  • Hypanus americanus (Hildebrand & Schroeder, 1928) (Southern stingray)
  • 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

  1. 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. PMID 27470808.
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