| Spectacled porpoise | |
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| Subadult female spectacled porpoise | |
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| Size compared to an average human | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Artiodactyla |
| Infraorder: | Cetacea |
| Family: | Phocoenidae |
| Genus: | Phocoena |
| Species: | P. dioptrica
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| Binomial name | |
| Phocoena dioptrica Lahille, 1912
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| Spectacled porpoise range | |
| Synonyms | |
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Australophocaena dioptrica | |
The spectacled porpoise (Phocoena dioptrica) is a small to midsize porpoise indigenous to the Southern Ocean. It is one of the most poorly studied cetaceans, partly due to its remote range in the Southern Ocean. What little is known about this porpoise species has been gathered mainly from stranded individuals, and a few observations of living animals made at sea.[3]
The species was first described in 1912 by Fernando Lahille.[4][5]
- ^ Dellabianca, N.; Pitman, R.L.; Braulik, G. (2018). "Phocoena dioptrica". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T41715A50381544. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T41715A50381544.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
- ^ "Appendices | CITES". cites.org. Retrieved 14 January 2022.
- ^ Sekiguchi, K; Olavarria, C; Morse, L; Olson, P; Matsuoka, K; Pitman, R; Findlay, K; Gorter, U (2006). "The Spectacled porpoise (Phocoena dioptrica) in Antarctic waters". Journal of Cetacean Research and Management. 8 (3): 265–27. doi:10.47536/jcrm.v8i3.722. S2CID 257454374.
- ^ "Species Phocaena dioptrica Lahille, 1912". Australian Faunal Directory. Australian Government. Retrieved 28 July 2024.
- ^ Fernando Lahille (1912). "Nota preliminar sobre una nueva especie de Marsopa del rio dela Plata. (Phocaena dioptrica". Anales del Museo Nacional de Historia Natural de Buenos Aires (in Spanish). 23: 269–278. Wikidata Q128020754.