Mexico country information

Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: endemic
Salinity: marine
Abundance: | Ref:
Importance: | Ref:
Aquaculture: never/rarely | Ref:
Regulations: no regulations | Ref:
Uses: no uses
Comments: Known from Puertecitos, Baja California Norte, north and east Puerto Peñasco, Sonora (Ref. 1522). C: Refs. 1522, 1394, M: Ref. 1394.
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/mx.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Jefferson, T.A., S. Leatherwood and M.A. Webber, 1993
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Gulf of california porpoise, ... more

Classification / Names / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes (gen., sp.) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS

Mammalia > Cetartiodactyla () > Phocoenidae (porpoises)

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Pelagic. Tropical; 90°N - 0°N, 180°W - 100°W

Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Introductions

Eastern Central Pacific: Mexico.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm Max length : 145 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 1394); 150 cm TL (female)

Found in murky coastal waters (Ref. 1394).

Main reference References | Coordinator | Collaborators

Jefferson, T.A., S. Leatherwood and M.A. Webber. 1993. (Ref. 1394)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-1)

Critically Endangered (CR) (A2a; C1+2a(ii); D; E); Date assessed: 02 March 2022

CITES status (Ref. 108899)

Appendix I: International trade banned

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Human uses

Fisheries: commercial
FAO - Fisheries: landings, species profile | FishSource | Sea Around Us

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Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 18.5 - 23.6, mean 21.9 (based on 34 cells).

Vulnerability (Ref. 71543): Very high vulnerability (90 of 100).

Price category (Ref. 80766): Unknown.

Phocoena sinus Norris & McFarland, 1958