Hypanus, Rafinesque, 1818

Jones, Christian M., Driggers Iii, William B., Hannan, Kristin M., Hoffmayer, Eric R., Jones, Lisa M. & Raredon, Sandra J., 2020, An annotated checklist of the chondrichthyan fishes inhabiting the northern Gulf of Mexico Part 1: Batoidea, Zootaxa 4803 (2), pp. 281-315 : 298-299

Hypanus say (Lesueur, 1817)—bluntnose stingray

Synonyms:

Amphotistius say (Lesueur, 1817)

Dasyatis say (Lesueur, 1817)

Dasybatis sayi (Lesueur, 1817)

Myliobatis say (Lesueur, 1817)

Raja say Lesueur, 1817

Trygon sayi (Lesueur, 1817)

Distribution. Distributed throughout the northern GOM, from southern Florida to the Texas/ Mexico border, in estuaries and nearshore waters. This species is commonly reported from the shoreline out to approximately 9 m depth, although NMFS SEFSC trawl surveys have documented them as deep as 40 m.

First Record in GOM. This species was first reported from the northern GOM by Henshall (1894), who describes capturing an individual near the entrance to Tampa Bay in 1892.

Remarks. The genus Hypanus Rafinesque, 1818 was previously considered a junior synonym of Dasyatis until resurrected by Last et al. (2016) based predominantly on molecular evidence.

Conservation Status. Least Concern