Phocoena sinus   Norris & McFarland, 1958

Vaquita

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Phocoena sinus

Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | CoL | ITIS | WoRMS

Mammalia | Cetartiodactyla | Phocoenidae

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

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Found in murky coastal waters (Ref. 1394). Found in murky coastal waters (Ref. 1394).

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae

Main reference References | Coordinator | Collaborators

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

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

  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

Threat to humans

Human uses

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

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Internet sources

BHL | BOLD Systems | CISTI | DiscoverLife | FAO(Fisheries: species profile; publication : search) | Fishipedia | GenBank (genome, nucleotide) | GloBI | Gomexsi | Google Books | Google Scholar | Google | PubMed | Tree of Life | Wikipedia (Go, Search) | Zoological Record

Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 18.5 - 23.6, mean 21.9 (based on 34 cells).
Vulnerability (Ref. 71543): Very high vulnerability (87 of 100).
Price category (Ref. 80766): Unknown.