Phocoena phocoena (Linnaeus, 1758) 
AphiaID: 137117

Classification: Biota > Animalia > Chordata > Vertebrata > Gnathostomata > Tetrapoda > Mammalia > Theria > Cetartiodactyla > Cetancodonta > Cetacea > Odontoceti > Phocoenidae > Phocoena

Status		accepted
Record status		Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank		Species
Parent		Phocoena G. Cuvier, 1816
Sources		original description: Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae. ii, 824 pp., available online at http://gdz.sub.uni-goettingen.de/no_cache/dms/load/toc/?IDDOC=265100 page(s): 77 [details] basis of record: van der Land, J. (2001). Tetrapoda, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 375-376 (look up in IMIS) [details] additional source: Carwardine, M., E. Hoyt, R. E. Fordyce and P. Gill. 1998. Whales, dolphins and porpoises. Time-Life Books. Nature Company Guides, USA. 288 p. [details] additional source: Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] additional source: Mead, J. G. and R. L. Brownell, Jr. (2005). Cetacea. Pages 723--743 in Wilson, D.E. & D.M. Reeder (eds). Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed), Johns Hopkins University Press, 2,142 pp., available online at http://www.bucknell.edu/msw3/ [details] additional source: Rice, D. W. 1998. Marine mammals of the world. Systematics and distribution. Society for Marine Mammalogy Special Publication 4. [details] additional source: Hershkovitz, P. (1966). Catalog of living whales. U.S. National Museum Bulletin 246:1--259. [details] additional source: Jefferson, T. A., M. A. Webber and R. L. Pitman. (2008). Marine mammals of the world. Academic Press, Amsterdam. [details] additional source: IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, available online at http://www.iucnredlist.org [details] additional source: Perrin, W. F., B. Würsig and J. G. M. Thewissen. (2009). Encyclopedia of marine mammals. Academic Press, Amsterdam. [details] additional source: Gaskin, D. E., P. E. Arnold and B. A. Blair. (1974). Phocoena phocoena. Mammalian Species 42:1--8. [details] additional source: Dyntaxa (2013) Swedish Taxonomic Database. Accessed at www.dyntaxa.se [15-01-2013]., available online at http://www.dyntaxa.se [details] additional source: ITIS database, available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
Vernacular Names		Language    Name   Aleut aladak  [details] Aleut alagikkh  [details] Basque izurdia  [details] Bulgarian mutkur  [details] Bulgarian Муткур  [details] Catalan marsopa comuna  [details] Czech svinucha pobrezní  [details] Danish marsvin  [details] Danish tumler  [details] Dutch bruinvis  [details] Dutch bruinvisch  [details] Dutch tonyn  [details] Dutch zee-vark  [details] English bay porpoise  [details] English bucker  [details] English common porpoise  [details] English harbor porpoise  [details] English harbour porpoise  [details] English herring hog  [details] English hogfish  [details] English neesock  [details] English nisack (Shetlands)  [details] English pellock  [details] English porpess  [details] English puffing pig  [details] English puffy-dunter  [details] English sea-hog  [details] English sea-pig  [details] Faroese nise  [details] French marsouin  [details] French marsouin commun  [details] French phocene marsouin  [details] French poursille  [details] German Braunfisch  [details] German kleiner Tummler  [details] German Meerschwein  [details] German Schweinswal  [details] Icelandic bruinskop  [details] Icelandic handfiskar  [details] Icelandic hnisa  [details] Irish muc mhara  [details] Italian focena  [details] Italian marsuino  [details] Japanese nezumi iruka  [details] Kalaallisut piglertok  [details] Korean soe-dolgorae  [details] Latin maris sus  [details] Latvian jurascuka  [details] Lithuanian paprastoji jūrų kiaulė  [details] Modern Greek (1453-) Φώκαινα  [details] Norwegian marsvün  [details] Norwegian nesa, nise or nisa  [details] Norwegian nise  [details] Norwegian tumler  [details] Norwegian Bokmål nise  [details] Norwegian Nynorsk nise  [details] Polish morświn  [details] Polish morświn (zwyczajny)  [details] Polish morświn zwyczajny  [details] Polish swinia morska  [details] Portuguese boto  [details] Portuguese toninha  [details] Romanian focena  [details] Russian azovka  [details] Russian azovka (Black and Azov Seas)  [details] Russian azovskii delfin  [details] Russian azovskii delfin (Azov Sea)  [details] Russian burtuk  [details] Russian chuska  [details] Russian morskaya svinya  [details] Russian pyktun  [details] Russian sapun  [details] Russian shutnik  [details] Russian svinka  [details] Scottish Gaelic pellock  [details] Slovenian pristaniška rjava pliskavka  [details] Spanish marsopa  [details] Spanish marsopa común  [details] Spanish marsopa de bahia  [details] Spanish marsopa de portena  [details] Spanish puerco de mar  [details] Swedish marsvin  [details] Swedish nise  [details] Swedish trumblare  [details] Swedish tumlare  [details] Turkish bayağı musur  [details] Turkish bayağı musur (balina)  [details] Turkish mutur  [details] Ukrainian Морська свиня  [details] Ukrainian Фоцена звичайна  [details] Welsh llamhidydd  [details]
Environment		marine
Distribution		Arctic Ocean [details] Azores Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Baltic sea [details] Belgian Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Black Sea [details] Blankenberge [details] Bredene [details] Bretagne [details] De Haan [details] De Panne [details] Den Helder [details] Elbe [details] European waters (ERMS scope) [details] Goote Bank [details] Greek Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Gulf of Maine [details] Gulf of St. Lawrence [details] Irish Exclusive economic Zone [details] Kara Sea [details] Knokke [details] Koksijde [details] Mediterranean Sea [details] Middelkerke [details] Nieuwpoort [details] North Atlantic [details] North Pacific [details] North Sea [details] North West Atlantic [details] Oostende [details] Polish Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Schelde estuary [details] Senegalese Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Southern Bight [details] St. Lawrence Estuary [details] Swedish Exclusive Economic Zone [details] United Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Wenduine [details] Westende [details] Wimereux (not certain) [details]
Links		Marine Life Information Network - UK To Barcode of Life (31 barcodes) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (72 publications) To Dyntaxa To Encyclopedia of Life To GenBank (606 nucleotides; 161 proteins) To IUCN Red List To Marine Species Identification Portal To PESI To ITIS
Images		Phocoena phocoena added on 2006-02-28 - author: KBIN/BMM qualitystatus: checked by Perrin, William on 2009-04-18 00:31:16 Bruinvissen added on 2008-03-21 - author: Karl Van Ginderdeuren qualitystatus: checked by Perrin, William on 2009-04-18 00:31:25 Van Beneden & Gervais (1880, pl. 43) added on 2008-06-04 - author: Delahaye in Van Beneden & Gervais (1880) scan provided by VLIZ - Wetenschatten qualitystatus: checked by Perrin, William on 2009-04-18 00:31:34 Van Beneden & Gervais (1880, pl. 55) added on 2008-06-04 - author: Delahaye in Van Beneden & Gervais (1880) scan provided by VLIZ - Wetenschatten qualitystatus: checked by Perrin, William on 2009-04-18 00:31:42 Van Beneden & Gervais (1880, pl. 56) added on 2008-06-04 - author: Delahaye in Van Beneden & Gervais (1880) scan provided by VLIZ - Wetenschatten qualitystatus: checked by Perrin, William on 2009-04-18 00:31:52 Phocoena phocoena added on 2009-02-16 - author: Collection Georges Declercq qualitystatus: checked by Perrin, William on 2013-04-26 18:05:47 Phocoena phocoena added on 2009-02-16 - author: Collection Georges Declercq qualitystatus: checked by Perrin, William on 2013-04-26 18:06:04 Phocoena phocoena added on 2009-02-16 - author: Collection Georges Declercq qualitystatus: checked by Perrin, William on 2009-04-18 00:32:26 Phocoena phocoena added on 2009-02-16 - author: Collection Georges Declercq qualitystatus: checked by Perrin, William on 2009-04-18 00:32:35 Skelet bruinvis added on 2013-02-18 - author: Paul en Katleen Van Den Broeck-Buekenhoudt qualitystatus: not checked
LSID		urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:137117
Taxonomic Edit history		Date    action    by 2004-12-21 15:54:05Z   created   van der Land, Jacob 2008-08-20 11:25:36Z   checked   Perrin, William
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		Citation: Perrin, W. (2013). Phocoena phocoena (Linnaeus, 1758). In: Perrin, W.F. (2013) World Cetacea Database. Accessed through: VLIZ Belgian Marine Species Consortium (2010) The Belgian Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/berms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137117 on 2013-05-21
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