Phocoena

species of marine mammal

The vaquita ( ; Phocoena sinus) is a species of porpoise endemic to the northern end of the Gulf of California in Baja California, Mexico. Reaching a maximum body length of (females) or (males), it is the smallest of all living cetaceans. The species is currently on the brink of extinction, and is listed as Critically Endangered by the IUCN Red List; the steep decline in abundance is primarily due to bycatch in gillnets from the illegal totoaba fishery.

Phocoena is a genus of porpoises with four extant species. {| class="wikitable" |- ! Image !! Scientific name !! Common name !! Distribution |- | 120px|| Phocoena dioptrica || Spectacled porpoise ||circumpolar in cool sub-Antarctic and low Antarctic waters |- | 120px|| Phocoena phocoena || Harbour porpoise ||cooler coastal waters of the North Atlantic, North Pacific and the Black Sea |- |120px || Phocoena sinus || Vaquita ||northern area of the Gulf of California, or Sea of Cortez |- | 120px|| Phocoena spinipinnis || Burmeister's porpoise ||coast of South America |- |}

species of mammal

species of mammal

subspecies of marine mammal