Hypanus

Hypanus
H. say
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Chondrichthyes
Subclass:	Elasmobranchii
Order:	Myliobatiformes
Family:	Dasyatidae
Subfamily:	Dasyatinae
Genus:	Hypanus Rafinesque, 1818
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

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)

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.
2. Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Hypanus". Catalog of Fishes . California Academy of Sciences . Retrieved 1 April 2025.
3. Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species related to Hypanus geijskesi". Catalog of Fishes . California Academy of Sciences . Retrieved 1 April 2025.
4. 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.
5. Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species related to Hypanus rubioi". Catalog of Fishes . California Academy of Sciences . Retrieved 1 April 2025.