Neophocaena phocaenoides

(G. Cuvier, 1829)

Indo-Pacific Finless Porpoise

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Laurasiatheria
Order : Artiodactyla
Suborder : Whippomorpha
Infraorder : Cetacea
Parvorder : Odontoceti
Superfamily : Delphinoidea
Family : Phocoenidae
Genus : Neophocaena

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Cuvier, G. 1829. Le Règne animal, distribué d'après son organisation, pour servir de base à l'histoire naturelle des animaux et d'introduction à l'anatomie comparée. Nouvelle édition, revue et augmentée. Tome I. Déterville et Crochard, Paris, 584 pp.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33374133

Original name as described

Delphinus phocaenoides

Other common names

Black Finless Porpoise · Finless Black Porpoise · Finless-backed Black Porpoise · Indian Dolphin · Indian Finless Porpoise · Little Indian Porpoise · Wide-ridged Finless Porpoise

Type material

MNHN A.3086

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"au Cap" (= South Africa, Western Cape Prov., Cape of Good Hope). Almost certainly erroneous; unknown today from the coast of Africa.

Biogeographic realm

Marine · Indomalaya

Country distribution

Bahrain · Bangladesh · Brunei · Cambodia · India · Indonesia · Iran · Iraq · Kuwait · Malaysia · Myanmar · Pakistan · Qatar · Saudi Arabia · Singapore · Thailand · United Arab Emirates · Vietnam · China · Sri Lanka · Taiwan · Oman?

Taxonomy notes

previously included N. asiaeorientalis and N. sunameri

Taxonomy notes citation

Wang, J.Y., Frasier, T.R., Yang, S.C. and White, B.N. 2008. Detecting recent speciation events: the case of the finless porpoise (genus Neophocaena). Heredity 101: 145-155. · Jefferson, T. A., & Wang, J. Y. (2011). Revision of the taxonomy of finless porpoises (genus Neophocaena): the existence of two species. Journal of Marine Animals and Their Ecology, 4(1), 3-16. · Zhou, X., Guang, X., Sun, D., Xu, S., Li, M., Seim, I., ... & Gao, Q. (2018). Population genomics of finless porpoises reveal an incipient cetacean species adapted to freshwater. Nature communications, 9(1), 1-8.

IUCN Red List status

Vulnerable

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006447

Country distribution map

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details. If the list is long, scroll down to see more.

Delphinus phocaenoides

(G. Cuvier, 1829)

Family

Phocoenidae

Root name

phocaenoides

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MNHN A.3086

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

291

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33374133

Authority publication

Paris

Neomeris kurrachiensis

(J. A. Murray, 1884)

Family

Phocoenidae

Root name

kurrachiensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

351

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27554505

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Neophocaena phocaenoides

Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980

Family

Phocoenidae

Root name

phocaenoides

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

111

Authority publication

London

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:111) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:297) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Mead & Brownell (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9684)
  4. Smith & Xie (2008:483) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64149)
  5. Mittermeier & Wilson (2014:541) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67175)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #198920) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #198920) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006447) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  9. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/198920/50386795) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Neophocaena phocaenoides phocaenoides

Mead & Brownell, 2005

Family

Phocoenidae

Root name

phocaenoides

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Mead & Brownell (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9684)
  2. Smith & Xie (2008:483) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64149)

Neomeris phocænoides

(E. Blyth, 1863)

Family

Phocoenidae

Root name

phocaenoides

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

89

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47534770

Authority publication

Calcutta

Name usages

Blyth (1863:89, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47534770) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37155)

Delphinapterus molagan

(R. Owen, 1866)

Family

Phocoenidae

Root name

molagan

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

24

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30862854

Authority publication

Transactions of the Zoological Society of London

Phaœcana phocænoides

(H. C. Robinson & Kloss, 1918)

Family

Phocoenidae

Root name

phocaenoides

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

79

Authority publication

Journal of the Federated Malay States Museums

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