An unusually large aggregation of Burmeister’s porpoise Phocoena spinipinnis off Peru, with a review of sightings from the eastern south Pacific

Van Waerebeek, Koen; Santillán, Luis; Reyes, Julio C.
Noticiario Mensual - Museo Nacional de Historia Natural (2002)

A highly unusual sighting is described of a group of ca. 150 Burmeister’s porpoises near Isla Guañape Sur (08°28’04”S, 78°58’16.7”W) off the north-central Peruvian coast, in September 2001. The fishermen…


Notes on the biology of the Burmeister’s porpoise, Phocoena spinipinnis, off southern South America

Goodall, R. Natalie P.; Norris, Kenneth S.; Harris, Guillermo; Oporto, Jorge A.; Castello, Hugo P.
Report of the International Whaling Commission (1995)

Published and new fresh and museum specimens of Burmeister's porpoise, Phocoena spinipinnis, collected prior to the recent research in Peru, Chile and Argentina, are listed and described. Distribution is from…


Sightings of Burmeister’s porpoise, Phocoena spinipinnis, off southern South America

Goodall, R. Natalie P.; Würsig, Bernd; Würsig, Melany; Harris, Guillermo; Norris, Kenneth S.
Report of the International Whaling Commission (1995)

Although thought to be fairly common off the western and southeastern coasts of South America, Burmeister's porpoise (Phocoena spinipinnis) has seldom been seen alive by cetacean researchers. Published sightings are…


Exposing the grey seal as a major predator of harbour porpoises

Leopold, M. F.; Begeman, L.; van Bleijswijk, J. D. L.; IJsseldijk, L. L.; Witte, H. J.; Grone, A.
Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences (2014)

Harbour porpoises (Phocoena phocoena) stranding in large numbers around the southern North Sea with fatal, sharp-edged mutilations have spurred controversy among scientists, the fishing industry and conservationists, whose views about…


Phocoena dioptrica

Brownell, Robert L.
Mammalian Species (1975)

(...) The original description of the holotype of P. dioptrica was based on an unique and distinctive color pattern. The dorsal surface and upper lateral surface to just above the'…