La Plata Dolphin (Pontoporia blainvillei) - Wiki La Plata
Dolphin From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia [Photo] A female
of Pontoporia blainvillei (top) and a male of Sotalia guianensis
(bottom) incidentally caught by gillnets at S??o Sebasti??o,
Brazil. (Photos by 'Projeto SOS Mam??feros Marinhos'). Source:
http://www.ethnobiomed.com/content/3/1/9/ The La Plata Dolphin
(Pontoporia blainvillei) is found in coastal Atlantic waters of
southeastern South America. Taxonomically it is a member of the
river dolphin group and the only one that actually lives in the
ocean and saltwater estuaries, rather than inhabiting
exclusively freshwater systems. The La Plata Dolphin is the only
species in its genus. It was first described by Paul Gervais and
Alcide d'Orbigny in 1844 (the species epithet blainvillei
commemorates the French zoologist Henri Marie Ducrotay de
Blainville). The La Plata Dolphin is also widely known as the
Franciscana - the Argentine and Uruguayan name that has been
adopted internationally. Other commo