| Hypanus | |
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| H. say | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
| Order: | Myliobatiformes |
| Family: | Dasyatidae |
| Subfamily: | Dasyatinae |
| Genus: | Hypanus Rafinesque, 1818 |
| Type species | |
| Raja say Lesueur, 1817
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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
Eleven species are recognised by Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes.2 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 berthalutzae Petean, Naylor & Lima, 2020 (Lutz's stingray)
- Hypanus dipterurus (Jordan & Gilbert, 1880) (Diamond stingray)
- Hypanus geijskesi (Boeseman 1948)3
- Hypanus guttatus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) (Longnose stingray)
- Hypanus longus (Garman, 1880) (Longtail stingray)
- Hypanus marianae (Gomes, Rosa & Gadig, 2000) (Brazilian large-eyed stingray)
- Hypanus rubioi Mejía-Falla, Navia, Cardeñosa & Tavera, 202545 (Longnose Pacific stingray?)
- Hypanus rudis (Günther, 1870) (Smalltooth stingray)
- Hypanus sabinus (Lesueur, 1824) (Atlantic stingray)
- Hypanus say (Lesueur, 1817) (Bluntnose stingray)
References
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. PMID 27470808.
- Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Hypanus". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 1 April 2025.
- Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species related to Hypanus geijskesi". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 1 April 2025.
- Mejía-Falla, P. A.; Navia, A. F.; Cardeñosa, D.; Tavera, J. (2025-02-18). "New Species of the Genus Hypanus (Dasyatidae) from the Eastern Tropical Pacific Ocean". Ichthyology & Herpetology. 113 (1). doi:10.1643/i2024010. ISSN 2766-1512.
- Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species related to Hypanus rubioi". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 1 April 2025.