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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Chondrichthyes

Family
  
Dasyatidae

Phylum
  
Chordata

Order
  
Myliobatiformes

Hypanus

Genus
  
Hypanus Müller & Henle, 1837

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.

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

    Hypanus Wikipedia
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