WoRMS taxon details
Neophocaena phocaenoides (Cuvier, 1829)
254985 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:254985)
accepted
Species
Delphinapterus molagan Owen, 1866 · unaccepted (synonym)
Delphinus melas Temminck, 1841 · unaccepted (synonym)
Delphinus phocaenoides G. Cuvier, 1829 · unaccepted (basionym)
Neomeris kurrachiensis Murray, 1884 · unaccepted (synonym)
Neomeris melas Temminck, 1841 · unaccepted (synonym)
Neomeris phocaenoides Gray, 1847 · unaccepted (synonym)
Neomeris phocaenoides True, 1889 · unaccepted (synonym)
Neophocaena phocoenoides Robineau, 1990 · unaccepted (synonym)
Nomerus melus Coues, 1890 · unaccepted (synonym)
Phaoecana phocaenoides G. M. Allen, 1923 · unaccepted (synonym)
Phocaena phocaenoides Blanford, 1888 · unaccepted (synonym)
Phocoena phocaenoides Robinson & Kloss, 1918 · unaccepted (synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Delphinus phocaenoides G. Cuvier, 1829) Cuvier, G. (1829). Le Règne Animal distribué, d'apres son organisation, pour servir de base à l'histoire naturelle des animaux et d'introduction à l'anatomie comparée. [The Animal Kingdom, arranged according to its organization, to serve as a basis for the natural history of animals and as an introduction to comparative anatomy]. <em>Déterville, Paris.</em> Edition 2. v. 2: i-xv + 1-406., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31771348
page(s): 291 [details]
page(s): 291 [details]
Note Given as "du Cap" (from the Cape of Good Hope)...
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Type locality Given as "du Cap" (from the Cape of Good Hope) by Cuvier. However, no specimens have been collected or other reliable records made from Africa since. Robineau (1990)reviewed Paris Museum holdings and accession records and collection notes of Dussumier and made a convincing case that the true type locality is Malabar Coast of India. Cuvier apparently just made a mistake; Dussumier donated other "marsouins" (Cephalorhynchus)from the Cape of Good Hope at the same time that he donated the type specimen of the finless porpoise from India. [details]
Fordyce, E.; Perrin, W.F. (2025). World Cetacea Database. Neophocaena phocaenoides (Cuvier, 1829). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=254985 on 2025-05-01
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Nomenclature
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(of Delphinus phocaenoides G. Cuvier, 1829) Cuvier, G. (1829). Le Règne Animal distribué, d'apres son organisation, pour servir de base à l'histoire naturelle des animaux et d'introduction à l'anatomie comparée. [The Animal Kingdom, arranged according to its organization, to serve as a basis for the natural history of animals and as an introduction to comparative anatomy]. <em>Déterville, Paris.</em> Edition 2. v. 2: i-xv + 1-406., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31771348
page(s): 291 [details]
basis of record Mead, J. G.; Brownell, R. L. Jr. (2005). Cetacea. <em>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.</em> 723--743., available online at http://www.bucknell.edu/msw3/ [details]
page(s): 291 [details]
basis of record Mead, J. G.; Brownell, R. L. Jr. (2005). Cetacea. <em>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.</em> 723--743., available online at http://www.bucknell.edu/msw3/ [details]
Ecology
ecology source
Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details] 
Other
context source (HKRMS)
Hung SKY. (2013). Monitoring of marine mammals in Hong Kong waters (2012-2013). Final report. Submitted to the Agriculture &Fisheries and Conservation Department, The Hong Kong SAR Government. [details]
additional source Rice, D. W. (1998). Marine mammals of the world. Systematics and distribution. <em>Society for Marine Mammalogy Special Publication.</em> 4., available online at http://www.marinemammalscience.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/MarineMammalsOfTheWorld.pdf [details]
additional source Hershkovitz, P. (1966). Catalog of Living Whales. <em>Bulletin of the United States National Museum.</em> (246): 1-259., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.03629236.246 [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.; Würsig, B.; Thewissen, J.G.M. (2009). Encyclopedia of marine mammals. Second edition. Academic Press: London. ISBN 978-0-12-373553-9. xxix, 1316 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Robineau, D. (1990). Les types de cétacés actuels du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle. II. Delphinidae, Phocoenidae. Bull. Mus. nat. Paris 4th sér., 12, section A, no. 1:197—238. [details]
additional source Jefferson, T. A. and S. K. Hung. (2004). Neophocaena phocaenoides. Mammalian Species 746:1--12. [details]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
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additional source Ali, N.-F.; Rajamani, L.; Rahman, A. A.; Porter, L.; Kwang, S. Y.; Fadzly, N. (2023). Fig. 8 in Habitat use and behaviour of the Irrawaddy dolphin, Orcaella brevirostris and the Indo-Pacific finless porpoise, Neophocaena phocaenoides off the west coast of Penang Island, Malaysia. <em>Zenodo.</em> , available online at https://lkcnhm.nus.edu.sg/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/02/RBZ-2023-0013.pdf [details]
additional source Rice, D. W. (1998). Marine mammals of the world. Systematics and distribution. <em>Society for Marine Mammalogy Special Publication.</em> 4., available online at http://www.marinemammalscience.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/MarineMammalsOfTheWorld.pdf [details]
additional source Hershkovitz, P. (1966). Catalog of Living Whales. <em>Bulletin of the United States National Museum.</em> (246): 1-259., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.03629236.246 [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.; Würsig, B.; Thewissen, J.G.M. (2009). Encyclopedia of marine mammals. Second edition. Academic Press: London. ISBN 978-0-12-373553-9. xxix, 1316 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Robineau, D. (1990). Les types de cétacés actuels du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle. II. Delphinidae, Phocoenidae. Bull. Mus. nat. Paris 4th sér., 12, section A, no. 1:197—238. [details]
additional source Jefferson, T. A. and S. K. Hung. (2004). Neophocaena phocaenoides. Mammalian Species 746:1--12. [details]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Ali, N.-F.; Rajamani, L.; Rahman, A. A.; Porter, L.; Kwang, S. Y.; Fadzly, N. (2023). Fig. 8 in Habitat use and behaviour of the Irrawaddy dolphin, Orcaella brevirostris and the Indo-Pacific finless porpoise, Neophocaena phocaenoides off the west coast of Penang Island, Malaysia. <em>Zenodo.</em> , available online at https://lkcnhm.nus.edu.sg/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/02/RBZ-2023-0013.pdf [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Holotype Skull in the Laboratoire d'Anatomie compareée du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle (Paris), no. CAC A.3086, JAC 1881-231 collected by Dussumier. [details]IUCN Red List Category Vulnerable (VU) [details]
Type locality Given as "du Cap" (from the Cape of Good Hope) by Cuvier. However, no specimens have been collected or other reliable records made from Africa since. Robineau (1990)reviewed Paris Museum holdings and accession records and collection notes of Dussumier and made a convincing case that the true type locality is Malabar Coast of India. Cuvier apparently just made a mistake; Dussumier donated other "marsouins" (Cephalorhynchus)from the Cape of Good Hope at the same time that he donated the type specimen of the finless porpoise from India. [details]
Unreviewed
Habitat coastal marine, also in rivers [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Afrikaans | vinlose seevark | [details] |
| Chinese | hai chuchiang zhu | [details] |
| Dutch | Indische bruinvis | [details] |
| English | little Indian porpoiseIndian finless porpoiseIndian dolphinfinless-backed porpoisefinless porpoisefinless black porpoiseblack finless porpoise | [details] |
| French | marsouin noirmarsouin aptere | [details] |
| Indonesian | lumba-lumba tak bersirip punggung hi tam | [details] |
| Japanese | スナメリsunamerinomeno juo | [details] |
| Korean | sang-gwaeng-i | [details] |
| Malayalam | eleyan eedi | [details] |
| Maria (India) | bhulga | [details] |
| Norwegian | finnelos nise | [details] |
| Persian | pufku | [details] |
| Portuguese | toninha indo-pacífica | [details] |
| Russian | besperaia morskaia svinia | [details] |
| Sindhi | tabi | [details] |
| Southern Balochi | tabi | [details] |
| Spanish | marsopa sin aletamarsopa lisa | [details] |
| Tamil | molaganminikutty | [details] |
| Thai | plaloma hudbadlangriab | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (17 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Neophocaena phocoenoides Robineau, 1990)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications) (from synonym Neomeris kurrachiensis Murray, 1884)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (123 publications) (from synonym Delphinus melas Temminck, 1841)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (13 publications) (from synonym Delphinus phocaenoides G. Cuvier, 1829)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (13 publications) (from synonym Delphinapterus molagan Owen, 1866)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Nomerus melus Coues, 1890)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (37 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Phocaena phocaenoides Blanford, 1888)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (55 publications) (from synonym Neomeris phocaenoides True, 1889)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (55 publications) (from synonym Neomeris phocaenoides Gray, 1847)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Neomeris melas Temminck, 1841)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Neophocaena phocaenoides)
To GenBank (1064 nucleotides; 556 proteins) (from synonym Delphinus phocaenoides G. Cuvier, 1829)
To GenBank (1064 nucleotides; 556 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Vulnerable)
To NMNH Extant Collection (MMP STR 14192 Neophocaena phocaenoides skull)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Neophocaena phocoenoides Robineau, 1990)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications) (from synonym Neomeris kurrachiensis Murray, 1884)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (123 publications) (from synonym Delphinus melas Temminck, 1841)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (13 publications) (from synonym Delphinus phocaenoides G. Cuvier, 1829)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (13 publications) (from synonym Delphinapterus molagan Owen, 1866)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Nomerus melus Coues, 1890)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (37 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Phocaena phocaenoides Blanford, 1888)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (55 publications) (from synonym Neomeris phocaenoides True, 1889)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (55 publications) (from synonym Neomeris phocaenoides Gray, 1847)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Neomeris melas Temminck, 1841)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Neophocaena phocaenoides)
To GenBank (1064 nucleotides; 556 proteins) (from synonym Delphinus phocaenoides G. Cuvier, 1829)
To GenBank (1064 nucleotides; 556 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Vulnerable)
To NMNH Extant Collection (MMP STR 14192 Neophocaena phocaenoides skull)
To ITIS
