Phocoenoides dalli   (True, 1885)

Dall's porpoise

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Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | CoL | ITIS | WoRMS

Mammalia | Cetartiodactyla | Phocoenidae

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Pelagic.  Temperate; 90°N - 0°S, 180°W - 180°E

Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Introductions

Pacific Ocean and the Arctic: Phocoenoides dalli dalli: Sea of Okhotsk, Bering Sea, Gulf of Alaska, Sea of Japan, California Current, Baja California Norte, Alaska; Phocoenoides dalli truei: Kuril, Japan. Temperate through subarctic zones.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 240 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 1394); 220 cm TL (female); max. published weight: 200.0 kg (Ref. 1394)

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Mainly an offshore deepwater inhabitant, but occurs in narrow channels and fjords where the water is clear and relatively deep (Ref. 1522). Feeds on surface and mid-water fish and squid, especially lanternfish and gonatid squid (Ref. 1394).

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae

Main reference References | Coordinator | Collaborators

Jefferson, T.A., S. Leatherwood and M.A. Webber. 1993. (Ref. 1394)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-1)

  Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 22 March 2017

CITES status (Ref. 108899)


CMS (Ref. 116361)


Threat to humans

Human uses

Fisheries: commercial
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BHL | BOLD Systems | CISTI | DiscoverLife | FAO(Fisheries: species profile; publication : search) | Fishipedia | GenBank (genome, nucleotide) | GloBI | Gomexsi | Google Books | Google Scholar | Google | PubMed | Tree of Life | Wikipedia (Go, Search) | Zoological Record

Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 1.6 - 13.1, mean 4.7 (based on 2773 cells).
Resilience (Ref. 69278): High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (K=0.4-0.58).
Vulnerability (Ref. 71543): High to very high vulnerability (65 of 100).
Price category (Ref. 80766): Unknown.