Pontoporia blainvillei (Gervais and d'Orbigny, 1844) . Bull. Sci. Soc. Philom. Paris, p. 39.

TYPE LOCALITY: Uruguay, mouth of the Rio de La Plata near Montevideo .

DISTRIBUTION: Coastal waters from Ubatuba (Tropic of Capricorn), Brazil to Peninsula Valdez, Argentina.

PROTECTED STATUS: CITES - Appendix II as Order Cetacea .

ISIS NUMBER: 5301411001004001001.