Hypanus sabinus ( Lesueur, 1824 )

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

Hypanus sabinus ( Lesueur, 1824) —Atlantic stingray

Synonyms:

Dasyatis sabina ( Lesueur, 1824)

Dasybatis sabina ( Lesueur, 1824)

Pastinaca sabina ( Lesueur, 1824)

Trygon sabina Lesueur, 1824

Distribution. This species is distributed throughout the northern GOM, from southern Florida to the Texas/ Mexico border. It is commonly reported from the shore out to approximately 25 m depth, although NMFS SEFSC trawl surveys have documented this species as deep as 60 m.

First Record in GOM. This species was first documented from the northern GOM by Müller and Henle (1841). It was indicated they examined several specimens of this species, at least one of which originated from the vicinity of New Orleans, Louisiana.

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