Galapagos Species Database
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Hypanus dipterurus
Raya, Rays
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Elasmobranchii
Order
Myliobatiformes
Family
Dasyatidae
Genus
Hypanus
Species
dipterurus
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Dasyatis dipterura (Jordan & Gilbert, 1880), Dasyatis dipterurus (Jordan & Gilbert, 1880), Dasyatis hawaiensis Jenkins, 1903, Dasyatis hawaiiensis Jenkins, 1903, Dasybatis dipterura Jordan & Gilbert, 1880, Dasybatis dipterurus Jordan & Gilbert, 1880 (Horton et al., 2021) and Dasyatis brevis (Garman 1880) based in Fricke, R. et al. (2023).
Origin: Native
- Fricke, R. Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. eds. (2022) ESCHMEYER'S CATALOG OF FISHES: GENERA, SPECIES, REFERENCES. (http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp). Electronic version.
- Horton, T. Horton, T., Kroh, A., Ahyong, S., Bailly, N., Boyko, C. B., Brandão, S. N., Gofas, S., Hooper, J. N. A., Hernandez, F., Holovachov, O., Mees, J., Molodtsova, T. N., Paulay, G., Decock, W., Dekeyzer, S., Poffyn, G., Vandepitte, L., Vanhoorne, B., Adlard, R., ... Zhao, Z. (2021) World Register of Marine Species. Available from https://www.marinespecies.org at VLIZ.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Hypanus dipterurus", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=19496. Accessed 4 November 2026.