FAO Fisheries Series (1982)
The cochito (Phocoena sinus), the smallest member of its genus, is known from 21 confirmed records from the upper Gulf of California and is probably found only in that area.…
The cochito (Phocoena sinus), the smallest member of its genus, is known from 21 confirmed records from the upper Gulf of California and is probably found only in that area.…
This paper reviews current knowledge of Burmeister's porpoise (Phocoena spinipinnis), probably the most abundant coastal small cetacean in southern South American waters and probably existing in two isolated Atlantic and…
Dentinal growth layer groups (GLGs) in teeth were counted for 84 beach-cast specimens of Phocoena phocoena from the northeastern Pacific (mostly California). Measurements of external, cranial, and postcranial traits were…
(...) The research shows that the finless porpoise of the Changjiang (Yangtze river) presents an atrophy ofthe entire optic system - eye and eye muscle nerves, optic nerve, optic pathways.…
The Chinese finless porpoise of the Changjiang river, Neophocaena asiaeorientalis (PILLERI and GIHR, 1972) presents a taxonomic entity which differs from N. phocaenoides (G. CUVIER, 1829) of south and south-west…
A Harbour Porpoise, Phocoena phocoena, taken from near Shallow Bay, Mackenzie River Delta, Northwest Territories (68°48’ N 136°35’ W) in July 1973 represents a range extension 800 km eastwards from…
A cranium of Phocoena dioptrica Lahille, 1912, collected at Enderby Island, Auckland Islands, represents the first discovery of the species in the Pacific Ocean, the ten previous records being all…
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This study was concerned with the taxonomy of the Finless Black Porpoise. Morphological and biometric analyses of the body and skull measurements of Pakistani, Chinese and Japanese specimens revealed that…
(...) 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'…