Species: Himantura pacifica, Pacific stingray, Pacific whipray, Pacific chupare, Pacific whiptail stingray

Himantura pacifica (Beebe & Tee-Van, 1941)

Pacific whiptail stingray, Pacific chupare, Pacific whipray, Pacific stingray

Head continuous with disc; disc a rounded rhomboid, wider than long, evenly rounded at front; snout length less than or equal to distance between spiracles, with small, somewhat pointed, protuberance at tip; nostrils with a large fringed curtain between them and the mouth; floor of the mouth has fleshy papillae; upper disc uniformly covered with small flattened denticles, large tubercles on shoulders; but without large thorns; no dorsal or tail fins; tail long, slender, 1-2 venomous spines, not depressed at base, without dorsal fin fold, with a very low keel on underside.