Proceedings of the United States National Museum (1885)
(...) I am enabled to add a new species, through the kindness of Mr. William H. Dall, who has placed at my disposal his notes upon and drawings of two…
On an Indian dolphin and porpoise
Lydekker, R.
Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London (1908)
(...) Once more I am indebted to the Director - Lieut.-Colonel F. W. Dawson - of the Trevandrum Museum for sketches and measurements of certain Cetaceans recently captured on the…
The Bay Porpoise
Scammon, C.M.
The Marine Mammals of the North-western Coast of North America (1874)
(...) This peculiar species of Dolphin is the least in size of the entire whale tribe inhabiting the Pacific North American Coast. When fully matured it may attain the length…
Re-evaluation of geographic variation in the white flank patch of dalli-type Dall’s porpoises
Amano, Masao; Marui, Miho; Guenther, Tamara; Ohizumi, Hiroshi; Miyazaki, Nobuyuki
Marine Mammal Sci (2000)
(...) Amano and Miyazaki (1996) found a geographic difference in the size of the white flank patch among dalli-type animals and reported that porpoises from the Sea of Japan-Okhotsk population…
First record of a truei-type Dall’s porpoise from the eastern north Pacific
Szczepaniak, Isidore D.; Webber, Marc A.; Jefferson, Thomas A.
Marine Mammal Sci (1992)
(...) On 28 August 1989, we were informed by California State Park Ranger Robert Breen that a small porpoise had washed ashore at the James Fitzgerald Marine Reserve, San Mateo…
Geographic variation in external morphology of Dall’s porpoise, Phocoenoides dalli
Amano, M.; Miyazaki, N.
Aquatic Mammals (1996)
We examined geographic variation in external measurements of Dall’s porpoises, using 269 sexually mature specimens from throughout their range, excluding coastal waters off North America and the northern Okhotsk Sea.…
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…
On the biology of the spectacled porpoise, Australophocaena dioptrica
Goodall, R.N.P.; Schiavini, A.C.M.
Report of the International Whaling Commission (1995)
Published descriptions of the biology of the spectacled porpoise, Australophocaena dioptrica, are reviewed and compared to new material collected in Tierra del Fuego and Chubut, Argentina. Although over 173 cranial…
First records of anomalously white harbour porpoises (Phocoena phocoena) in the Turkish seas with a global review
Tonay, Arda M.; Bilgin, Sabri; Dede, Ayhan; Akkaya, Aylin; Yeşilçiçek, Tuncay; Köse, Özay; Ceylan, Yusuf
Hystrix - The Italian Journal of Mammalogy (2012)
Three anomalously white harbour porpoises (Phocoena phocoena) were reported from Turkish Seas. One of them was bycaught on 19 June 2011 in bottom gill nets off the eastern coast of…
The spectacled porpoise (Phocoena dioptrica) in Antarctic waters
SEKIGUCHI, KEIKO; OLAVARRÍA, CARLOS; MORSE, LAURA; OLSON, PAULA; ENSOR, PAUL; MATSUOKA, KOJI; PITMAN, ROBERT; FINDLAY, KEN; GORTER, UKO
Journal of Cetacean Research and Management (2006)
Most knowledge on the biology and ecology of the spectacled porpoise (Phocoena dioptrica) has been obtained from stranded specimens, with less than fifteen confirmed sightings in the sea. Published photographs…