Phocoena spinipinnis Burmeister, 1865. Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1865:228.

TYPE LOCALITY: Argentina, Buenos Aires, mouth of the Rio de la Plata.

DISTRIBUTION: Temperate waters of South America, from Rio de la Plata (Uruguay) to Tierra del Fuego to Paita (Peru).

PROTECTED STATUS: CITES - Appendix II as Order Cetacea.

ISIS NUMBER: 5301411002019004001.