Biology:Hypanus

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Short description: Genus of cartilaginous fishes

Hypanus
H. say
Scientific classification e
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Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: Chordata
Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: Chondrichthyes
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Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: Dasyatinae
Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: 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

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

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. 

Wikidata ☰ Q26903845 entry