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Phocoena
Cuvier, 1817
- common porpoises
(mammal)
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Phocoenidae (Family) - porpoises
..†Archaeophocaena (Genus)
..†Australithax (Genus)
..†Brabocetus (Genus)
..†Haborophocoena (Genus)
..†Lomacetus (Genus)
..†Loxolithax (Genus)
..†Miophocaena (Genus)
..Neophocaena (Genus) - finless porpoise
..†Numataphocoena (Genus)
..Phocoenoides (Genus) - Dall porpoise
..†Piscolithax (Genus)
..†Pterophocaena (Genus)
..†Salumiphocaena (Genus)
..†Semirostrum (Genus)
..†Septemtriocetus (Genus)
..Phocoena (Genus) - common porpoises
....†Phocoena albiventris (Species)
....Phocoena dioptrica (Species) - spectacled porpoise
....Phocoena phocoena (Species) - common porpoise
....Phocoena sinus (Species) - vaquita
....Phocoena spinipinnis (Species) - Burmeister's porpoise
Authorship
SN2000 author citation
:
G. Cuvier, 1817
Original name
:
Cuvier, G. 1817: 279.
Original rank
:
Original spelling
:
Etymology
Derived name
:
Phocoenobacter
(Genus)
Foster
et al.
2000
Ref:
LPSN, 2020-present
: [11 May 2026] ("N.L. fem. n.
Phocoena
; from Gr. fem. n.
phôkaina
, porpoise").
Types
Type of
:
Phocoenidae
(Family)
Gray, 1825
Ref:
F.G. Marx et al., 2016
: 137.
[inferred]
Type of
:
Phocoeninae
(Subfamily)
Gray, 1825
Type, by original designation
:
Phocoena phocoena
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Variants
Different spelling
:
Phocaena
(Genus)
Cuvier, 1817
Synonyms
Including
:
Australophocaena
(Genus)
Barnes, 1985
Ref:
PBDB
: [16 Jul 2022].
Vernacular Names (Dutch)
Full name
:
bruinvissen
Vernacular Names (English)
Full name
:
common porpoises
:
harbor porpoises
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Last updated:
28 Aug 2026