Hypanus
Genus of cartilaginous fishes
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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]
| Hypanus | |
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| H. say | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
| Order: | Myliobatiformes |
| Family: | Dasyatidae |
| Subfamily: | Dasyatinae |
| Genus: | Hypanus Rafinesque, 1818 |
| Type species | |
| Raja say Lesueur, 1817 | |
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, 2025[4][5] (Longnose Pacific stingray?)
- Hypanus rudis (Günther, 1870) (Smalltooth stingray)
- Hypanus sabinus (Lesueur, 1824) (Atlantic stingray)
- Hypanus say (Lesueur, 1817) (Bluntnose stingray)