---
title: "Caribbean Whiptail Stingray"
description: "Styracura schmardae — Pesci. The chupare stingray or Caribbean whiptail stingray (Styracura schmardae) is a species of stingray in the family Potamotrygonidae, found in the western Atlantic Ocean from the Gulf of Campeche to Brazil, including the Antilles."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/caribbean-whiptail-stingray
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Caribbean Whiptail Stingray

> Styracura schmardae — Pesci. The chupare stingray or Caribbean whiptail stingray (Styracura schmardae) is a species of stingray in the family Potamotrygonidae, found in the western Atlantic Ocean from the Gulf of Campeche to Brazil, including the Antilles.

- Scientific name: *Styracura schmardae*
- Category: `fish` (Pesci)
- Habitats: `sea` (Mare e costa)
- iNaturalist observations: 1085
- iNaturalist taxon: [883882](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/883882)

## Names

- en: Caribbean Whiptail Stingray
- de: Karibischer Peitschenrochen
- es: Levisa
- fr: Pastenague chupare

## Countries with the most observations

MX (391), BZ (314), PA (97), CR (43), HN (43), BS (34), JM (20), DO (16), CU (15), CO (10), GF (9), NI (3)

## Summary

The chupare stingray or Caribbean whiptail stingray (Styracura schmardae) is a species of stingray in the family Potamotrygonidae, found in the western Atlantic Ocean from the Gulf of Campeche to Brazil, including the Antilles. The presence of this species in the Gulf of Mexico has not been confirmed. It also occurs in the Bahamas. It usually inhabits sandy substrates, sometimes near coral reefs, and is an infrequent visitor to the Amazon River estuary. Leonard Compagno doubted the taxonomic validity of this species in his 1999 Checklist of Living Elasmobranchs.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chupare_stingray

## Photo

![Caribbean Whiptail Stingray](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/caribbean-whiptail-stingray/medium.jpg)

Photo: berrybbenson · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/372836371

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/caribbean-whiptail-stingray?lang=it` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).