# Styracura

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{{Short description|Genus of cartilaginous fishes}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| image = Himantura schmardae xelha.jpg
| image_caption = ''[Styracura schmardae](/source/Styracura_schmardae)''
| parent_authority = Carvalho, Loboda & da Silva, 2016
| taxon = Styracura
| authority =  Carvalho, Loboda & Silva, 2016
| type_species = ''[Trygon schmardae](/source/Chupare_stingray)''
| type_species_authority = [Werner](/source/Franz_Werner), 1904
}}

'''''Styracura''''' is a genus of [stingray](/source/stingray) in the family [Potamotrygonidae](/source/Potamotrygonidae) and the only genus in the subfamily Styracurinae. The two species in this genus were formerly included in ''[Himantura](/source/Himantura)'', but were moved to ''Styracura'' in 2016 based on [morphology](/source/Morphology_(biology)) and molecular evidence.<ref name=Last2016>{{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><ref name=Cavalho2016>{{cite journal |author1=Carvalho, M.R.d. |author2=Loboda, T.S. |author3=Silva, J.P.C.B.d. |year=2016 |title=A new subfamily, Styracurinae, and new genus, Styracura, for Himantura schmardae (Werner, 1904) and Himantura pacifica (Beebe & Tee-Van, 1941) (Chondrichthyes: Myliobatiformes) |journal=Zootaxa |volume=4075 |issue=3 |pages=201–221 |doi=10.11646/zootaxa.4175.3.1 |pmid=27811760}}</ref> Unlike other members of the family Potamotrygonidae, also known as freshwater stingrays, ''Styracura'' are found in the tropical West Atlantic and East Pacific.<ref name=Last2016/><ref name=Cavalho2016/>

==Species==
There are two species in the genus:<ref name=Cavalho2016/>
* [Pacific chupare](/source/Pacific_chupare) (''Styracura pacifica'')
* [Chupare stingray](/source/Chupare_stingray) (''Styracura schmardae'')

==References==
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Category:Potamotrygonidae
Category:Batomorphi genera

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