Hypanus | |
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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
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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]