Phocoena phocoena (Linnaeus, 1758)
type: TaxonName
type: Label
aphia ID: 137117
scientific name ID: 137117
scientific name ID: urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:137117
scientific name: Phocoena phocoena
authorship: (Linnaeus, 1758)
scientific name authorship: (Linnaeus, 1758)
full scientific name: Phocoena phocoena (Linnaeus, 1758)
scientific name: Phocoena phocoena (Linnaeus, 1758)
bilbio graphic citation: Fordyce, E.; Perrin, W.F. (2026). World Cetacea Database. Phocoena phocoena (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137117 on 2026-01-18
license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
is part of: https://marineinfo.org/id/dataset/632
is part of: https://marineinfo.org/id/dataset/82
is part of: https://marineinfo.org/id/dataset/3160
is part of: https://marineinfo.org/id/dataset/3201
is part of: https://marineinfo.org/id/dataset/1672
is part of: https://marineinfo.org/id/dataset/3106
is part of: https://marineinfo.org/id/dataset/2565
is part of: https://marineinfo.org/id/dataset/3122
is part of: https://marineinfo.org/id/dataset/3123
is part of: https://marineinfo.org/id/dataset/536
is part of: https://marineinfo.org/id/dataset/3731
is part of: https://marineinfo.org/id/dataset/8131
has status: accepted
is of rank: Species
taxon rank: Species
source: https://aphia.org/id/source/8
source: https://aphia.org/id/source/341012
source: https://aphia.org/id/source/1406
source: Whales, dolphins and porpoises
source: Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]
source: Cetacea
source: Marine mammals of the world. Systematics and distribution
source: Catalog of Living Whales
source: https://aphia.org/id/source/127090
source: https://aphia.org/id/source/127093
source: Encyclopedia of marine mammals. Second edition.
source: Phocoena phocoena
source: Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)
source: Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery
has synonym: https://aphia.org/id/taxname/383731
has synonym: https://aphia.org/id/taxname/384270
has synonym: https://aphia.org/id/taxname/384271
has synonym: https://aphia.org/id/taxname/384272
has synonym: https://aphia.org/id/taxname/384283
has synonym: https://aphia.org/id/taxname/384284
has synonym: https://aphia.org/id/taxname/384285
has synonym: https://aphia.org/id/taxname/384286
has synonym: https://aphia.org/id/taxname/384289
has synonym: https://aphia.org/id/taxname/384291
has synonym: https://aphia.org/id/taxname/384573
has synonym: https://aphia.org/id/taxname/384574
has synonym: https://aphia.org/id/taxname/384297
has synonym: https://aphia.org/id/taxname/384298
has synonym: https://aphia.org/id/taxname/384299
has synonym: https://aphia.org/id/taxname/384301
has synonym: https://aphia.org/id/taxname/384302
denotes: Taxon
  type: Concept
  has accepted name: Phocoena phocoena (Linnaeus, 1758)
  has habitat: marine
  has habitat: brackish
  has synonym name: https://aphia.org/id/taxname/383731
  has synonym name: https://aphia.org/id/taxname/384270
  has synonym name: https://aphia.org/id/taxname/384271
  has synonym name: https://aphia.org/id/taxname/384272
  has synonym name: https://aphia.org/id/taxname/384283
  has synonym name: https://aphia.org/id/taxname/384284
  has synonym name: https://aphia.org/id/taxname/384285
  has synonym name: https://aphia.org/id/taxname/384286
  has synonym name: https://aphia.org/id/taxname/384289
  has synonym name: https://aphia.org/id/taxname/384291
  has synonym name: https://aphia.org/id/taxname/384573
  has synonym name: https://aphia.org/id/taxname/384574
  has synonym name: https://aphia.org/id/taxname/384297
  has synonym name: https://aphia.org/id/taxname/384298
  has synonym name: https://aphia.org/id/taxname/384299
  has synonym name: https://aphia.org/id/taxname/384301
  has synonym name: https://aphia.org/id/taxname/384302
  is subject of: Phocoena phocoena
  is subject of: Bruinvissen
  is subject of: Van Beneden & Gervais (1880, pl. 43)
  is subject of: Van Beneden & Gervais (1880, pl. 55)
  is subject of: Van Beneden & Gervais (1880, pl. 56)
  is subject of: Harbour porpoise
  is subject of: Harbour porpoise / Phocoena phocoena (Linnaeus, 1758)
  has distribution: Distribution for Phocoena phocoena (Linnaeus, 1758) - European waters (ERMS scope)
  has distribution: Distribution for Phocoena phocoena (Linnaeus, 1758) - North West Atlantic
  has distribution: Distribution for Phocoena phocoena (Linnaeus, 1758) - North Sea
  has distribution: Distribution for Phocoena phocoena (Linnaeus, 1758) - Baltic sea
  has distribution: Distribution for Phocoena phocoena (Linnaeus, 1758) - Black Sea
  has distribution: Distribution for Phocoena phocoena (Linnaeus, 1758) - Belgian Exclusive Economic Zone
  has distribution: Distribution for Phocoena phocoena (Linnaeus, 1758) - Scheldt estuary
  has distribution: Distribution for Phocoena phocoena (Linnaeus, 1758) - Nieuwpoort
  has distribution: Distribution for Phocoena phocoena (Linnaeus, 1758) - Blankenberge
  has distribution: Distribution for Phocoena phocoena (Linnaeus, 1758) - Oostende
  has distribution: Distribution for Phocoena phocoena (Linnaeus, 1758) - De Panne
  has distribution: Distribution for Phocoena phocoena (Linnaeus, 1758) - Koksijde
  has distribution: Distribution for Phocoena phocoena (Linnaeus, 1758) - Bredene
  has distribution: Distribution for Phocoena phocoena (Linnaeus, 1758) - Bretagne
  has distribution: Distribution for Phocoena phocoena (Linnaeus, 1758) - De Haan
  has distribution: Distribution for Phocoena phocoena (Linnaeus, 1758) - Den Helder
  has distribution: Distribution for Phocoena phocoena (Linnaeus, 1758) - Elbe
  has distribution: Distribution for Phocoena phocoena (Linnaeus, 1758) - Goote Bank
  has distribution: Distribution for Phocoena phocoena (Linnaeus, 1758) - Kara Sea
  has distribution: Distribution for Phocoena phocoena (Linnaeus, 1758) - Knokke
  has distribution: Distribution for Phocoena phocoena (Linnaeus, 1758) - Mediterranean Sea
  has distribution: Distribution for Phocoena phocoena (Linnaeus, 1758) - Middelkerke
  has distribution: Distribution for Phocoena phocoena (Linnaeus, 1758) - Senegalese Exclusive Economic Zone
  has distribution: Distribution for Phocoena phocoena (Linnaeus, 1758) - Southern Bight
  has distribution: Distribution for Phocoena phocoena (Linnaeus, 1758) - Wenduine
  has distribution: Distribution for Phocoena phocoena (Linnaeus, 1758) - Westende
  has distribution: Distribution for Phocoena phocoena (Linnaeus, 1758) - Wimereux
  has distribution: Distribution for Phocoena phocoena (Linnaeus, 1758) - North Pacific
  has distribution: Distribution for Phocoena phocoena (Linnaeus, 1758) - Arctic Ocean
  has distribution: Distribution for Phocoena phocoena (Linnaeus, 1758) - North Atlantic
  has distribution: Distribution for Phocoena phocoena (Linnaeus, 1758) - Gulf of Maine
  has distribution: Distribution for Phocoena phocoena (Linnaeus, 1758) - Greek Exclusive Economic Zone
  has distribution: Distribution for Phocoena phocoena (Linnaeus, 1758) - Irish Exclusive economic Zone
  has distribution: Distribution for Phocoena phocoena (Linnaeus, 1758) - Azores Exclusive Economic Zone
  has distribution: Distribution for Phocoena phocoena (Linnaeus, 1758) - Polish Exclusive Economic Zone
  has distribution: Distribution for Phocoena phocoena (Linnaeus, 1758) - Gulf of St. Lawrence
  has distribution: Distribution for Phocoena phocoena (Linnaeus, 1758) - St. Lawrence Estuary
  has distribution: Distribution for Phocoena phocoena (Linnaeus, 1758) - Swedish Exclusive Economic Zone
  has distribution: Distribution for Phocoena phocoena (Linnaeus, 1758) - OSPAR Region I (Arctic)
  has distribution: Distribution for Phocoena phocoena (Linnaeus, 1758) - OSPAR Region II (Greater North Sea)
  has distribution: Distribution for Phocoena phocoena (Linnaeus, 1758) - OSPAR Region III (Celtic Seas)

accepted
type: Concept
type: Status
definition: Valid name (ICZN) or name considered to be taxonomically correct (ICBN)
taxonomic status: accepted
nomenclatural status: valid

Species
type: Concept
type: Rank

https://aphia.org/id/source/8
type: Source
type: BibliographicResource
title: Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]
bibliographic citation: Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. 1(10) [iii], 824 p.
source: bhl.title.542
source: https://marineinfo.org/id/publication/33653
date published: 1758

https://aphia.org/id/source/341012
type: Source
type: BibliographicResource
bibliographic citation: Research Institute for Nature and Forest (INBO). European Seabirds at Sea - data collected by the Research Institute for Nature and Forest (INBO). INBO Seabird distribution data (all trips).

https://aphia.org/id/source/1406
type: Source
type: BibliographicResource
bibliographic citation: van der Land, J. (2001). Tetrapoda, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 375-376
source: https://marineinfo.org/id/publication/61332
is accessible for free: 1
date published: 2001

Whales, dolphins and porpoises
type: Source
type: BibliographicResource
bibliographic citation: Carwardine, M., E. Hoyt, R. E. Fordyce and P. Gill. 1998. Whales, dolphins and porpoises. Time-Life Books. Nature Company Guides, USA. 288 p.
date published: 1998

Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]
type: Source
type: BibliographicResource
bibliographic citation: Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp.
source: https://marineinfo.org/id/publication/70441
date published: 2004

Cetacea
type: Source
type: BibliographicResource
bibliographic citation: Mead, J. G.; Brownell, R. L. Jr. (2005). Cetacea. In Wilson, D.E. & D.M. Reeder (eds). Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed), Johns Hopkins University Press, 2,142 pp. 723--743.
date published: 2005

Marine mammals of the world. Systematics and distribution
type: Source
type: BibliographicResource
bibliographic citation: Rice, D. W. (1998). Marine mammals of the world. Systematics and distribution. Society for Marine Mammalogy Special Publication. 4.
date published: 1998

Catalog of Living Whales
type: Source
type: BibliographicResource
bibliographic citation: Hershkovitz, P. (1966). Catalog of Living Whales. Bulletin of the United States National Museum. (246): 1-259.
source: si.03629236.246
date published: 1966

https://aphia.org/id/source/127090
type: Source
type: BibliographicResource
bibliographic citation: Jefferson, T. A., M. A. Webber and R. L. Pitman. (2008). Marine mammals of the world. Academic Press, Amsterdam.
date published: 2008

https://aphia.org/id/source/127093
type: Source
type: BibliographicResource
bibliographic citation: IUCN Red List of Threatened Species

Encyclopedia of marine mammals. Second edition.
type: Source
type: BibliographicResource
bibliographic citation: Perrin, W.F.; Würsig, B.; Thewissen, J.G.M. (2009). Encyclopedia of marine mammals. Second edition. Academic Press: London. ISBN 978-0-12-373553-9. xxix, 1316 pp.
source: https://marineinfo.org/id/publication/192436
date published: 2009

Phocoena phocoena
type: Source
type: BibliographicResource
bibliographic citation: Gaskin, D. E., P. E. Arnold and B. A. Blair. (1974). Phocoena phocoena. Mammalian Species 42:1--8.
date published: 1974

Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)
type: Source
type: BibliographicResource
bibliographic citation: Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
source: https://marineinfo.org/id/dataset/49
is accessible for free: 1

Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery
type: Source
type: BibliographicResource
bibliographic citation: Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. Scientific Data. 10(1).
source: s41597-023-02745-4
source: https://marineinfo.org/id/publication/380391
is accessible for free: 1
date published: 2023

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source: Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]

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language: spa
source: https://aphia.org/id/source/58

https://aphia.org/id/vernacular-name/53328
type: vernacularName
vernacular name: marsopa de bahia
language: spa

https://aphia.org/id/vernacular-name/53329
type: vernacularName
vernacular name: marsopa de portena
language: spa

https://aphia.org/id/vernacular-name/53432
type: vernacularName
vernacular name: puerco de mar
language: spa

https://aphia.org/id/vernacular-name/15795
type: vernacularName
vernacular name: marsvin
language: swe

https://aphia.org/id/vernacular-name/15801
type: vernacularName
vernacular name: nise
language: swe

https://aphia.org/id/vernacular-name/15812
type: vernacularName
vernacular name: trumblare
language: swe

https://aphia.org/id/vernacular-name/15813
type: vernacularName
vernacular name: tumlare
language: swe

https://aphia.org/id/vernacular-name/43473
type: vernacularName
vernacular name: bayağı musur
language: tur
source: https://aphia.org/id/source/147411

https://aphia.org/id/vernacular-name/43474
type: vernacularName
vernacular name: bayağı musur (balina)
language: tur
source: https://aphia.org/id/source/147411

https://aphia.org/id/vernacular-name/15799
type: vernacularName
vernacular name: mutur
language: tur

https://aphia.org/id/vernacular-name/31651
type: vernacularName
vernacular name: yunus
language: tur
source: https://aphia.org/id/source/147411

https://aphia.org/id/vernacular-name/31666
type: vernacularName
vernacular name: Морська свиня
language: ukr
source: https://aphia.org/id/source/147411

https://aphia.org/id/vernacular-name/37594
type: vernacularName
vernacular name: Фоцена звичайна
language: ukr
source: https://aphia.org/id/source/147411

https://aphia.org/id/vernacular-name/42601
type: vernacularName
vernacular name: llamhidydd
language: cym
source: https://aphia.org/id/source/147411

Phocoena phocoena
type: ImageObject
subject: Taxon
  type: Concept
  is denoted by: Phocoena phocoena (Linnaeus, 1758)
rights holder: https://marineinfo.org/id/person/270
license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/
format: JPEG
description: Washed ashore (bycaught) harbour porpoise
created: 2006-02-28 10:09:03.593

Bruinvissen
type: ImageObject
subject: Taxon
  type: Concept
  is denoted by: Phocoena phocoena (Linnaeus, 1758)
rights holder: https://marineinfo.org/id/person/13165
license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/
format: JPEG
created: 2008-03-21 09:35:10.610

Van Beneden & Gervais (1880, pl. 43)
type: ImageObject
subject: Taxon
  type: Concept
  is denoted by: Phocoena phocoena (Linnaeus, 1758)
rights holder: Delahaye in Van Beneden & Gervais (1880)
license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/
format: JPEG
created: 2008-06-04 10:47:05.070

Van Beneden & Gervais (1880, pl. 55)
type: ImageObject
subject: Taxon
  type: Concept
  is denoted by: Phocoena phocoena (Linnaeus, 1758)
rights holder: Delahaye in Van Beneden & Gervais (1880)
license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/
format: JPEG
created: 2008-06-04 12:03:38.960

Van Beneden & Gervais (1880, pl. 56)
type: ImageObject
subject: Taxon
  type: Concept
  is denoted by: Phocoena phocoena (Linnaeus, 1758)
rights holder: Delahaye in Van Beneden & Gervais (1880)
license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/
format: JPEG
created: 2008-06-04 12:04:48.320

Phocoena phocoena
type: ImageObject
subject: Taxon
  type: Concept
  is denoted by: Phocoena phocoena (Linnaeus, 1758)
rights holder: Collection Georges Declercq
license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/
format: JPEG
created: 2009-02-16 21:15:08.763

Phocoena phocoena
type: ImageObject
subject: Taxon
  type: Concept
  is denoted by: Phocoena phocoena (Linnaeus, 1758)
rights holder: Collection Georges Declercq
license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/
format: JPEG
created: 2009-02-16 21:15:27.670

Phocoena phocoena
type: ImageObject
subject: Taxon
  type: Concept
  is denoted by: Phocoena phocoena (Linnaeus, 1758)
rights holder: Collection Georges Declercq
license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/
format: JPEG
created: 2009-02-16 21:15:45.080

Phocoena phocoena
type: ImageObject
subject: Taxon
  type: Concept
  is denoted by: Phocoena phocoena (Linnaeus, 1758)
rights holder: Collection Georges Declercq
license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/
format: JPEG
created: 2009-02-16 21:16:03.563

Phocoena phocoena
type: VideoObject
subject: Taxon
  type: Concept
  is denoted by: Phocoena phocoena (Linnaeus, 1758)
rights holder: NIOZ, VLIZ
license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/
format: MPEG4
description: Gridded abundance map of the harbour porpoise Phocoena phocoena. This product was developed with DIVA (Data-Interpolating Variational Analysis), scale is log transformed abundances. Data was provided by JNCC (Joint Nature Conservation Committee). Citation: European Marine Observation Data Network (EMODnet) Biology project (www.emodnet-biology.eu), funded by the European Commission’s Directorate - General for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries (DG MARE). The mapped images, raster files and used parameters can be downloaded here.
created: 2014-08-29 09:27:49.627

Harbour porpoise
type: ImageObject
subject: Taxon
  type: Concept
  is denoted by: Phocoena phocoena (Linnaeus, 1758)
rights holder: https://marineinfo.org/id/person/706
license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/
format: JPEG
created: 2016-08-17 13:59:40.140

Harbour porpoise / Phocoena phocoena (Linnaeus, 1758)
type: ImageObject
subject: Taxon
  type: Concept
  is denoted by: Phocoena phocoena (Linnaeus, 1758)
rights holder: https://marineinfo.org/id/person/29432
license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/
format: JPEG
description: Nieuwpoort-bad, harbour channel, Belgium, 25 Mars 2016
created: 2016-10-20 21:35:17.123

Distribution for Phocoena phocoena (Linnaeus, 1758) - European waters (ERMS scope)
type: Distribution
is distribution of: Taxon
  type: Concept
  is denoted by: Phocoena phocoena (Linnaeus, 1758)
has area: https://marineregions.org/mrgid/7130
locality: https://marineregions.org/mrgid/7130
source: https://aphia.org/id/source/1406

Distribution for Phocoena phocoena (Linnaeus, 1758) - North West Atlantic
type: Distribution
is distribution of: Taxon
  type: Concept
  is denoted by: Phocoena phocoena (Linnaeus, 1758)
has area: https://marineregions.org/mrgid/7135
locality: https://marineregions.org/mrgid/7135
source: https://aphia.org/id/source/2901

Distribution for Phocoena phocoena (Linnaeus, 1758) - North Sea
type: Distribution
is distribution of: Taxon
  type: Concept
  is denoted by: Phocoena phocoena (Linnaeus, 1758)
has area: https://marineregions.org/mrgid/2350
locality: https://marineregions.org/mrgid/2350
source: https://aphia.org/id/source/1251

Distribution for Phocoena phocoena (Linnaeus, 1758) - Baltic sea
type: Distribution
is distribution of: Taxon
  type: Concept
  is denoted by: Phocoena phocoena (Linnaeus, 1758)
has area: https://marineregions.org/mrgid/2401
locality: https://marineregions.org/mrgid/2401
source: https://aphia.org/id/source/1251

Distribution for Phocoena phocoena (Linnaeus, 1758) - Black Sea
type: Distribution
is distribution of: Taxon
  type: Concept
  is denoted by: Phocoena phocoena (Linnaeus, 1758)
has area: https://marineregions.org/mrgid/3319
locality: https://marineregions.org/mrgid/3319
source: https://aphia.org/id/source/1251

Distribution for Phocoena phocoena (Linnaeus, 1758) - Belgian Exclusive Economic Zone
type: Distribution
is distribution of: Taxon
  type: Concept
  is denoted by: Phocoena phocoena (Linnaeus, 1758)
has area: https://marineregions.org/mrgid/3293
locality: https://marineregions.org/mrgid/3293
source: https://aphia.org/id/source/61

Distribution for Phocoena phocoena (Linnaeus, 1758) - Scheldt estuary
type: Distribution
is distribution of: Taxon
  type: Concept
  is denoted by: Phocoena phocoena (Linnaeus, 1758)
has area: https://marineregions.org/mrgid/4812
locality: https://marineregions.org/mrgid/4812
source: https://aphia.org/id/source/1122

Distribution for Phocoena phocoena (Linnaeus, 1758) - Scheldt estuary
type: Distribution
is distribution of: Taxon
  type: Concept
  is denoted by: Phocoena phocoena (Linnaeus, 1758)
has area: https://marineregions.org/mrgid/4812
locality: https://marineregions.org/mrgid/4812
source: https://aphia.org/id/source/1619

Distribution for Phocoena phocoena (Linnaeus, 1758) - Nieuwpoort
type: Distribution
is distribution of: Taxon
  type: Concept
  is denoted by: Phocoena phocoena (Linnaeus, 1758)
has area: https://marineregions.org/mrgid/90
locality: https://marineregions.org/mrgid/90
source: https://aphia.org/id/source/1122

Distribution for Phocoena phocoena (Linnaeus, 1758) - Nieuwpoort
type: Distribution
is distribution of: Taxon
  type: Concept
  is denoted by: Phocoena phocoena (Linnaeus, 1758)
has area: https://marineregions.org/mrgid/90
locality: https://marineregions.org/mrgid/90
source: https://aphia.org/id/source/1619

Distribution for Phocoena phocoena (Linnaeus, 1758) - Blankenberge
type: Distribution
is distribution of: Taxon
  type: Concept
  is denoted by: Phocoena phocoena (Linnaeus, 1758)
has area: https://marineregions.org/mrgid/31
locality: https://marineregions.org/mrgid/31
source: https://aphia.org/id/source/1122

Distribution for Phocoena phocoena (Linnaeus, 1758) - Oostende
type: Distribution
is distribution of: Taxon
  type: Concept
  is denoted by: Phocoena phocoena (Linnaeus, 1758)
has area: https://marineregions.org/mrgid/25
locality: https://marineregions.org/mrgid/25
source: https://aphia.org/id/source/1122

Distribution for Phocoena phocoena (Linnaeus, 1758) - Oostende
type: Distribution
is distribution of: Taxon
  type: Concept
  is denoted by: Phocoena phocoena (Linnaeus, 1758)
has area: https://marineregions.org/mrgid/25
locality: https://marineregions.org/mrgid/25
source: https://aphia.org/id/source/1619

Distribution for Phocoena phocoena (Linnaeus, 1758) - De Panne
type: Distribution
is distribution of: Taxon
  type: Concept
  is denoted by: Phocoena phocoena (Linnaeus, 1758)
has area: https://marineregions.org/mrgid/92
locality: https://marineregions.org/mrgid/92
source: https://aphia.org/id/source/1122

Distribution for Phocoena phocoena (Linnaeus, 1758) - Koksijde
type: Distribution
is distribution of: Taxon
  type: Concept
  is denoted by: Phocoena phocoena (Linnaeus, 1758)
has area: https://marineregions.org/mrgid/91
locality: https://marineregions.org/mrgid/91
source: https://aphia.org/id/source/1122

Distribution for Phocoena phocoena (Linnaeus, 1758) - Bredene
type: Distribution
is distribution of: Taxon
  type: Concept
  is denoted by: Phocoena phocoena (Linnaeus, 1758)
has area: https://marineregions.org/mrgid/66
locality: https://marineregions.org/mrgid/66
source: https://aphia.org/id/source/1122

Distribution for Phocoena phocoena (Linnaeus, 1758) - Bretagne
type: Distribution
is distribution of: Taxon
  type: Concept
  is denoted by: Phocoena phocoena (Linnaeus, 1758)
has area: https://marineregions.org/mrgid/3774
locality: https://marineregions.org/mrgid/3774
source: https://aphia.org/id/source/1619

Distribution for Phocoena phocoena (Linnaeus, 1758) - De Haan
type: Distribution
is distribution of: Taxon
  type: Concept
  is denoted by: Phocoena phocoena (Linnaeus, 1758)
has area: https://marineregions.org/mrgid/69
locality: https://marineregions.org/mrgid/69
source: https://aphia.org/id/source/1122

Distribution for Phocoena phocoena (Linnaeus, 1758) - Den Helder
type: Distribution
is distribution of: Taxon
  type: Concept
  is denoted by: Phocoena phocoena (Linnaeus, 1758)
has area: https://marineregions.org/mrgid/14642
locality: https://marineregions.org/mrgid/14642
source: https://aphia.org/id/source/1619

Distribution for Phocoena phocoena (Linnaeus, 1758) - Elbe
type: Distribution
is distribution of: Taxon
  type: Concept
  is denoted by: Phocoena phocoena (Linnaeus, 1758)
has area: https://marineregions.org/mrgid/4660
locality: https://marineregions.org/mrgid/4660
source: https://aphia.org/id/source/1619

Distribution for Phocoena phocoena (Linnaeus, 1758) - Goote Bank
type: Distribution
is distribution of: Taxon
  type: Concept
  is denoted by: Phocoena phocoena (Linnaeus, 1758)
has area: https://marineregions.org/mrgid/2439
locality: https://marineregions.org/mrgid/2439
source: https://aphia.org/id/source/1122

Distribution for Phocoena phocoena (Linnaeus, 1758) - Kara Sea
type: Distribution
is distribution of: Taxon
  type: Concept
  is denoted by: Phocoena phocoena (Linnaeus, 1758)
has area: https://marineregions.org/mrgid/4246
locality: https://marineregions.org/mrgid/4246
source: https://aphia.org/id/source/1251

Distribution for Phocoena phocoena (Linnaeus, 1758) - Knokke
type: Distribution
is distribution of: Taxon
  type: Concept
  is denoted by: Phocoena phocoena (Linnaeus, 1758)
has area: https://marineregions.org/mrgid/14628
locality: https://marineregions.org/mrgid/14628
source: https://aphia.org/id/source/1122

Distribution for Phocoena phocoena (Linnaeus, 1758) - Mediterranean Sea
type: Distribution
is distribution of: Taxon
  type: Concept
  is denoted by: Phocoena phocoena (Linnaeus, 1758)
has area: https://marineregions.org/mrgid/1905
locality: https://marineregions.org/mrgid/1905
source: https://aphia.org/id/source/1251

Distribution for Phocoena phocoena (Linnaeus, 1758) - Middelkerke
type: Distribution
is distribution of: Taxon
  type: Concept
  is denoted by: Phocoena phocoena (Linnaeus, 1758)
has area: https://marineregions.org/mrgid/70
locality: https://marineregions.org/mrgid/70
source: https://aphia.org/id/source/1122

Distribution for Phocoena phocoena (Linnaeus, 1758) - Senegalese Exclusive Economic Zone
type: Distribution
is distribution of: Taxon
  type: Concept
  is denoted by: Phocoena phocoena (Linnaeus, 1758)
has area: https://marineregions.org/mrgid/8371
locality: https://marineregions.org/mrgid/8371
source: https://aphia.org/id/source/1251

Distribution for Phocoena phocoena (Linnaeus, 1758) - Southern Bight
type: Distribution
is distribution of: Taxon
  type: Concept
  is denoted by: Phocoena phocoena (Linnaeus, 1758)
has area: https://marineregions.org/mrgid/2399
locality: https://marineregions.org/mrgid/2399
source: https://aphia.org/id/source/1119

Distribution for Phocoena phocoena (Linnaeus, 1758) - Wenduine
type: Distribution
is distribution of: Taxon
  type: Concept
  is denoted by: Phocoena phocoena (Linnaeus, 1758)
has area: https://marineregions.org/mrgid/14274
locality: https://marineregions.org/mrgid/14274
source: https://aphia.org/id/source/1122

Distribution for Phocoena phocoena (Linnaeus, 1758) - Wenduine
type: Distribution
is distribution of: Taxon
  type: Concept
  is denoted by: Phocoena phocoena (Linnaeus, 1758)
has area: https://marineregions.org/mrgid/14274
locality: https://marineregions.org/mrgid/14274
source: https://aphia.org/id/source/1619

Distribution for Phocoena phocoena (Linnaeus, 1758) - Westende
type: Distribution
is distribution of: Taxon
  type: Concept
  is denoted by: Phocoena phocoena (Linnaeus, 1758)
has area: https://marineregions.org/mrgid/14275
locality: https://marineregions.org/mrgid/14275
source: https://aphia.org/id/source/1122

Distribution for Phocoena phocoena (Linnaeus, 1758) - Wimereux
type: Distribution
is distribution of: Taxon
  type: Concept
  is denoted by: Phocoena phocoena (Linnaeus, 1758)
has area: https://marineregions.org/mrgid/979
locality: https://marineregions.org/mrgid/979
source: Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]

Distribution for Phocoena phocoena (Linnaeus, 1758) - Belgian Exclusive Economic Zone
type: Distribution
is distribution of: Taxon
  type: Concept
  is denoted by: Phocoena phocoena (Linnaeus, 1758)
has area: https://marineregions.org/mrgid/3293
locality: https://marineregions.org/mrgid/3293
source: Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]

Distribution for Phocoena phocoena (Linnaeus, 1758) - North Pacific
type: Distribution
is distribution of: Taxon
  type: Concept
  is denoted by: Phocoena phocoena (Linnaeus, 1758)
has area: https://marineregions.org/mrgid/1908
locality: https://marineregions.org/mrgid/1908
source: https://aphia.org/id/source/1318

Distribution for Phocoena phocoena (Linnaeus, 1758) - Arctic Ocean
type: Distribution
is distribution of: Taxon
  type: Concept
  is denoted by: Phocoena phocoena (Linnaeus, 1758)
has area: https://marineregions.org/mrgid/1906
locality: https://marineregions.org/mrgid/1906
source: https://aphia.org/id/source/1318

Distribution for Phocoena phocoena (Linnaeus, 1758) - North Atlantic
type: Distribution
is distribution of: Taxon
  type: Concept
  is denoted by: Phocoena phocoena (Linnaeus, 1758)
has area: https://marineregions.org/mrgid/1912
locality: https://marineregions.org/mrgid/1912
source: https://aphia.org/id/source/1318

Distribution for Phocoena phocoena (Linnaeus, 1758) - Gulf of Maine
type: Distribution
is distribution of: Taxon
  type: Concept
  is denoted by: Phocoena phocoena (Linnaeus, 1758)
has area: https://marineregions.org/mrgid/8940
locality: https://marineregions.org/mrgid/8940
source: https://aphia.org/id/source/2901

Distribution for Phocoena phocoena (Linnaeus, 1758) - Greek Exclusive Economic Zone
type: Distribution
is distribution of: Taxon
  type: Concept
  is denoted by: Phocoena phocoena (Linnaeus, 1758)
has area: https://marineregions.org/mrgid/5679
locality: https://marineregions.org/mrgid/5679
source: https://aphia.org/id/source/142068

Distribution for Phocoena phocoena (Linnaeus, 1758) - Irish Exclusive economic Zone
type: Distribution
is distribution of: Taxon
  type: Concept
  is denoted by: Phocoena phocoena (Linnaeus, 1758)
has area: https://marineregions.org/mrgid/5681
locality: https://marineregions.org/mrgid/5681
source: https://aphia.org/id/source/149068

Distribution for Phocoena phocoena (Linnaeus, 1758) - Azores Exclusive Economic Zone
type: Distribution
is distribution of: Taxon
  type: Concept
  is denoted by: Phocoena phocoena (Linnaeus, 1758)
has area: https://marineregions.org/mrgid/8361
locality: https://marineregions.org/mrgid/8361
source: https://aphia.org/id/source/149079

Distribution for Phocoena phocoena (Linnaeus, 1758) - Polish Exclusive Economic Zone
type: Distribution
is distribution of: Taxon
  type: Concept
  is denoted by: Phocoena phocoena (Linnaeus, 1758)
has area: https://marineregions.org/mrgid/5687
locality: https://marineregions.org/mrgid/5687
source: https://aphia.org/id/source/149084

Distribution for Phocoena phocoena (Linnaeus, 1758) - Gulf of St. Lawrence
type: Distribution
is distribution of: Taxon
  type: Concept
  is denoted by: Phocoena phocoena (Linnaeus, 1758)
has area: https://marineregions.org/mrgid/4290
locality: https://marineregions.org/mrgid/4290
source: https://aphia.org/id/source/151497

Distribution for Phocoena phocoena (Linnaeus, 1758) - St. Lawrence Estuary
type: Distribution
is distribution of: Taxon
  type: Concept
  is denoted by: Phocoena phocoena (Linnaeus, 1758)
has area: https://marineregions.org/mrgid/23554
locality: https://marineregions.org/mrgid/23554
source: https://aphia.org/id/source/151497

Distribution for Phocoena phocoena (Linnaeus, 1758) - Swedish Exclusive Economic Zone
type: Distribution
is distribution of: Taxon
  type: Concept
  is denoted by: Phocoena phocoena (Linnaeus, 1758)
has area: https://marineregions.org/mrgid/5694
locality: https://marineregions.org/mrgid/5694
source: https://aphia.org/id/source/165516

Distribution for Phocoena phocoena (Linnaeus, 1758) - OSPAR Region I (Arctic)
type: Distribution
is distribution of: Taxon
  type: Concept
  is denoted by: Phocoena phocoena (Linnaeus, 1758)
has area: https://marineregions.org/mrgid/33321
locality: https://marineregions.org/mrgid/33321
source: https://aphia.org/id/source/197508

Distribution for Phocoena phocoena (Linnaeus, 1758) - OSPAR Region II (Greater North Sea)
type: Distribution
is distribution of: Taxon
  type: Concept
  is denoted by: Phocoena phocoena (Linnaeus, 1758)
has area: https://marineregions.org/mrgid/33322
locality: https://marineregions.org/mrgid/33322
source: https://aphia.org/id/source/197508

Distribution for Phocoena phocoena (Linnaeus, 1758) - OSPAR Region III (Celtic Seas)
type: Distribution
is distribution of: Taxon
  type: Concept
  is denoted by: Phocoena phocoena (Linnaeus, 1758)
has area: https://marineregions.org/mrgid/33323
locality: https://marineregions.org/mrgid/33323
source: https://aphia.org/id/source/197508

Distribution for Phocoena phocoena (Linnaeus, 1758) - OSPAR Region IV (Bay of Biscay/Golfe de Gascogne & Iberian coasts)
type: Distribution
is distribution of: Taxon
  type: Concept
  is denoted by: Phocoena phocoena (Linnaeus, 1758)
has area: https://marineregions.org/mrgid/33324
locality: https://marineregions.org/mrgid/33324
source: https://aphia.org/id/source/197508

Distribution for Phocoena phocoena (Linnaeus, 1758) - OSPAR Region V (Wider Atlantic)
type: Distribution
is distribution of: Taxon
  type: Concept
  is denoted by: Phocoena phocoena (Linnaeus, 1758)
has area: https://marineregions.org/mrgid/33325
locality: https://marineregions.org/mrgid/33325
source: https://aphia.org/id/source/197508