Phocoena phocoena ( Linnaeus, 1758 )

Jo, Yeong-Seok, Baccus, John T. & Koprowski, John L., 2018, Mammals of Korea: a review of their taxonomy, distribution and conservation status, Zootaxa 4522 (1), pp. 1-216 : 159-160

Phocoena phocoena ( Linnaeus, 1758) —Harbor Porpoise, common porpoise

Delphinus phocoena Linnaeus, 1758 p.77 ; Type locality- Baltic Sea.

Phocoena vomerina Gill, 1865 p.178 ; Type locality- North Pacific .

P. phocoena: Kuroda, 1938 p.19 Kim et al., 2000 p.110 ; Kim, 2004 p.252.

Range: In Korea, P. phocoena occurs in the cold waters of the East Sea ( Kim 2004; Fig. 109 ).

Remarks: A western Pacific stock has been identified as distinct from the eastern Pacific stock based on differences in the skull / jaw morphology and mtDNA ( Shirihai & Jarrett 2006). Following these authors, the subspecies in the waters of Korea is the Eastern Pacific harbor porpoise, P. p. vomerina ( Gill, 1865) .

Figures

FIGURE 109. Range map of Phocoena phocoena in Korea.