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Monotypic taxon:
Family
Hypnidae
Gill, 1862
- coffin rays
(fish)
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Torpediniformes (Order) - electric rays
..Narcinidae (Family) - electric rays
..Narkidae (Family) - sleeper rays
..Platyrhinidae (Family) - thornbacks
..Torpedinidae (Family) - torpedo electric rays
..Hypnidae (Family) - coffin rays
....Hypnos (Genus)
Types
Type
:
Hypnos
(Genus)
Duméril, 1852
Ref:
R. Fricke et al. (eds.), 2021
: 9 Apr 2025.
[implicit]
Variants
Current rank
:
Hypninae
(Subfamily)
Former rank
:
Hypninae
(Subfamily)
Ref:
R. van der Laan, 2018
: 44.
[inferred]
Vernacular Names (English)
Full name
:
coffin rays
Ref:
R. van der Laan et al. (eds.), 2021
: (4 Feb 2025).
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