Published December 31, 1982 | Version v1

Sotalia fluviatilis

Description

Sotalia fluviatilis (Gervais, 1853). In Gervais, Bull. Soc. Agric. Herault, p. 148.

TYPE LOCALITY: Peru, Loreto, Rio Maranon above Pebas.

DISTRIBUTION: W. Atlantic from Panama to Santos, Sao Paulo, Brazil; Amazon River system.

COMMENT: Includes guianensis and brasiliensis; see Rice, 1977:13.

PROTECTED STATUS: CITES - Appendix I as Sotalia spp.

ISIS NUMBER: 5301411002015001001.

5301411002015002001 as S. guianensis.

Notes

Published as part of James H. Honacki, Kenneth E. Kinman & James W. Koeppl, 1982, Order Cetacea, pp. 290-304 in Mammal Species of the World (1 st Edition), Lawrence, Kansas, USA :Alien Press, Inc. & The Association of Systematics Collections on page 295, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7352983

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Scientific name authorship
Gervais
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Order
Cetacea
Family
Delphinidae
Genus
Sotalia
Species
fluviatilis
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Sotalia fluviatilis (Gervais, 1853) sec. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl, 1982

References

  • Rice, D. W. 1977. A list of the marine mammals of the world. Third ed. NOAA Technical Report, NMFS SSRF- 711: 1 - 15.