Phocoena spinipinnis Burmeister, 1865 . Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1865:228.

TYPE LOCALITY: Argentina, Buenos Aires, mouth of the Rio de la Plata .

DISTRIBUTION: Temperate waters of South America, from Rio de la Plata (Uruguay) to Tierra del Fuego to Paita (Peru).

PROTECTED STATUS: CITES - Appendix II as Order Cetacea .

ISIS NUMBER: 5301411002019004001.