# Hypanus

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{{Short description|Genus of cartilaginous fishes}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| image = Dasyatis say botany bay.jpg
| image_caption = ''[H. say](/source/Bluntnose_stingray)''
| taxon = Hypanus
| authority = [Rafinesque](/source/Constantine_Samuel_Rafinesque-Schmaltz), 1818
| type_species = ''[Raja say](/source/Bluntnose_stingray)'' 
| type_species_authority = [Lesueur](/source/Charles_Alexandre_Lesueur), 1817
| synonyms =
}}

'''''Hypanus''''' is a [genus](/source/genus) of [stingray](/source/stingray)s in the [family](/source/Family_(taxonomy)) [Dasyatidae](/source/Dasyatidae) from warmer parts of the East Pacific and Atlantic, including the [Caribbean](/source/Caribbean_Sea) and [Gulf of Mexico](/source/Gulf_of_Mexico). The genus was previous regarded as a [junior synonym](/source/junior_synonym) of the [genus](/source/genus) ''[Dasyatis](/source/Dasyatis)''.<ref>{{cite journal |author1=Last, P.R. |author2=Naylor, G.J. |author3=Manjaji-Matsumoto, B.M. |year=2016 |title=A revised classification of the family Dasyatidae (Chondrichthyes: Myliobatiformes) based on new morphological and molecular insights |journal=Zootaxa |volume=4139 |issue=3 |pages=345–368 |doi=10.11646/zootaxa.4139.3.2 |pmid=27470808}}</ref>

==Species==
Eleven species are recognised by [Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes](/source/Eschmeyer's_Catalog_of_Fishes).<ref>{{Cof genus |genus=Hypanus |access-date=1 April 2025}}</ref> The placement of ''H. marianae'' and ''H. rudis'' within the genus is provisional, pending more thorough investigation.
*''[Hypanus americanus](/source/Southern_stingray)'' <small>([Hildebrand](/source/Samuel_Frederick_Hildebrand) & [Schroeder](/source/William_Charles_Schroeder), 1928)</small> (Southern stingray)
*''[Hypanus berthalutzae](/source/Lutz's_stingray)'' <small>Petean, Naylor & Lima, 2020</small> (Lutz's stingray)
*''[Hypanus dipterurus](/source/Diamond_stingray)'' <small>([Jordan](/source/David_Starr_Jordan) & [Gilbert](/source/Charles_Henry_Gilbert), 1880)</small> (Diamond stingray)
*''[Hypanus geijskesi](/source/Hypanus_geijskesi)'' <small>(Boeseman 1948)</small><ref>{{Cof species|genus=Hypanus |species=geijskesi |access-date=1 April 2025}}</ref>
*''[Hypanus guttatus](/source/Longnose_stingray)'' <small>([Bloch](/source/Marcus_Elieser_Bloch) & [Schneider](/source/Johann_Gottlob_Schneider), 1801)</small> (Longnose stingray)
*''[Hypanus longus](/source/Longtail_stingray)'' <small>([Garman](/source/Samuel_Garman), 1880)</small> (Longtail stingray)
*''[Hypanus marianae](/source/Brazilian_large-eyed_stingray)'' <small>(Gomes, Rosa & Gadig, 2000)</small> (Brazilian large-eyed stingray)
*''[Hypanus rubioi](/source/Hypanus_rubioi)'' <small>Mejía-Falla, Navia, Cardeñosa & Tavera, 2025</small><ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Mejía-Falla |first1=P. A. |last2=Navia |first2=A. F. |last3=Cardeñosa |first3=D. |last4=Tavera |first4=J. |date=2025-02-18 |title=New Species of the Genus Hypanus (Dasyatidae) from the Eastern Tropical Pacific Ocean |url=https://bioone.org/journals/ichthyology-and-herpetology/volume-113/issue-1/i2024010/New-Species-of-the-Genus-Hypanus-Dasyatidae-from-the-Eastern/10.1643/i2024010.full |journal=Ichthyology & Herpetology |volume=113 |issue=1 |doi=10.1643/i2024010 |issn=2766-1512|url-access=subscription }}</ref><ref>{{Cof species|genus=Hypanus |species=rubioi |access-date=1 April 2025}}</ref> (Longnose Pacific stingray?)
*''[Hypanus rudis](/source/Smalltooth_stingray)'' <small>([Günther](/source/Albert_G%C3%BCnther), 1870)</small> (Smalltooth stingray)
*''[Hypanus sabinus](/source/Atlantic_stingray)'' <small>([Lesueur](/source/Charles_Alexandre_Lesueur), 1824)</small> (Atlantic stingray)
*''[Hypanus say](/source/Bluntnose_stingray)'' <small>([Lesueur](/source/Charles_Alexandre_Lesueur), 1817)</small> (Bluntnose stingray)

==References==
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Category:Dasyatidae
Category:Taxa named by Constantine Samuel Rafinesque

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