Английская Википедия:Finless porpoise

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Neophocaena is a genus of porpoise native to the Indian and Pacific oceans, as well as the freshwater habitats of the Yangtze River basin in China. They are commonly known as finless porpoises. Genetic studies indicate that Neophocaena is the most basal living member of the porpoise family.[1]

There are three species in this genus:[2][3]

Image Scientific name Common name Distribution
Файл:Yangtze finless porpoise, 12 February 2008a.jpg Neophocaena asiaeorientalis Yangtze finless porpoise Yangtze River basin in China
Файл:Stamps of Indonesia, 040-05.jpg Neophocaena phocaenoides Indo-Pacific finless porpoise Persian Gulf east to the Taiwan Strait, south to Indonesia
Файл:Neophocaena phocaenoides DSC 03.jpg Neophocaena sunameri East Asian finless porpoise Taiwan Strait north to the Yellow Sea, east to the east coast of Japan

Description

The finless porpoises are the only porpoises to lack a true dorsal fin. Instead there is a low ridge covered in thick skin bearing several lines of tiny tubercles. In addition, the forehead is unusually steep compared with those of other porpoises. With fifteen to twenty-one teeth in each jaw, they also have, on average, fewer teeth than other porpoises, although there is some overlap, and this is a not a reliable means of distinguishing them.[4] Finless porpoises in Ariake Sound-Tachibana Bay showed ontogenctic and seasonal variations in diet. The mean length at weaning was estimated to be 101 cm, corresponding to approximately 6 months of age. Calves fed on small-sized demersal fish and cephalopods. [5]

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