(DRAFT) - Taxonomy
Species porpoise, harbor
Species Id M120027
Date 26 AUG 96
TAXONOMY
NAME - porpoise, harbor
OTHER COMMON NAMES -
ELEMENT CODE - 03/19/84
AOU CODE - 04/29/85
CATEGORY - Marine Mammals
PHYLUM AND SUBPHYLUM - Chordata, Vertebrata
CLASS AND SUBCLASS - Mammalia, Theria
ORDER AND SUBORDER - Cetaea, Odontoceti
FAMILY AND SUBFAMILY - Phocoenidae,
GENUS AND SUBGENUS - Phocoena,
SPECIES AND SSP - phocoena,
SCIENTIFIC NAME - Phocoena phocoena
AUTHORITY - Linnaeus 1758
TAXONOMY REFERENCES - 2094 and 1033
Taxonomy - 1 (DRAFT) - Status
Species porpoise, harbor
Species Id M120027
Date 26 AUG 96
STATUS
Coded Status
Marine Mammal
REFERENCES FOR STATUS - 1029 and 1033
Status - 1 (DRAFT) - Distribution
Species porpoise, harbor
Species Id M120027
Date 26 AUG 96
DISTRIBUTION
References on County Occurrence - AO1
References on County Abundance - AO1
REFERENCES FOR HYDROLOGIC UNIT CODES - AO1
REFERENCES FOR OTHER DISTRIBUTION - G
Distribution - 1 HABITAT ASSOCIATIONS
HABITAT - Aquatic
REFERENCES FOR HABITAT - 1033
LAND USE -
Water
Atlantic Ocean Coastal Waters
REFERENCES FOR LAND USE - 1043, 1048 and 2095
NATIONAL WETLAND INVENTORY CODES
NWI NWICLS NWIMOD NWISPEC
Marine, subtidal OW0
Estuarine, subtidal OW0
REFERENCES FOR NWI - 1048, 1033 and 2095
ANIMAL/PLANT SPECIES ASSOCIATIONS -
Parasites: Campula oblonga
Lecithodesmus nipponicus
Opictharchis tenuicollis
Pholeter gastrophilus
Diphyllobothrium sp.
Anisakis simplex
Halocercus sp.
Pharurus convolutus
Porrocaecum decipiens
Pseudalius inflexus
Stenurus minor
Corynosoma sp. *1030*
REFERENCES FOR SPECIES ASSOCIATIONS - 1030
Habitat Associations - 1 (DRAFT) - Food Habits
Species porpoise, harbor
Species Id M120027
Date 26 AUG 96
FOOD HABITS
TROPHIC LEVEL -
Carnivore
REFERENCES FOR TROPHIC LEVEL - 1043, 1048, 1037 and 1035
LIFESTAGE FOOD FOOD PART
General Animals Not Applicable
General Animals Adult stage
General Animals Egg/Fetus stage
General Osteichthyes Adult stage
General Gadiformes Adult stage
General Pleuronectiformes Adult stage
General Clupeiformes Egg/Fetus stage
General Plants See Comments
General Other Plant Species See Comments
General Salmoniformes Adult stage
General Molluscs Adult stage
General Squid, Octopus Adult stage
General Crustaceans Adult stage
General Chondrichthyes Adult stage
Important Animals Not Applicable
REFERENCES FOR GENERAL FOOD - 1037, 1043, 1035 and 1048
REFERENCES FOR IMPORTANT FOOD - 1037, 1043, 1035 and 1048
COMMENTS ON FOOD -
0900S,3900S=occasionally eats kelp with herring eggs *1037*
Food Habits - 1 (DRAFT) - Environment Associations
Species porpoise, harbor
Species Id M120027
Date 26 AUG 96
ENVIRONMENTAL ASSOCIATIONS
G = General A = Adult
LIM = Limiting RA = Resting Adult
J = Juvenile FA = Feeding Adult
RJ = Resting Juvenile BA = Breeding Adult
FJ = Feeding Juvenile P = Pupae
L = Larvae E = Egg
RL = Resting Larvae
FL = Feeding Larvae
LIFESTAGE ENVIRONMENTAL ASSOCIATIONS
G Aquatic Habitat Zonation: Open water [pelagic zone]
G Aquatic Habitat Zonation: Specified in Comments
LIM Aquatic Habitat Zonation: Open water [pelagic zone]
REFERENCES FOR ENVIRONMENTAL ASSOC_ - 1043, 2094 and 1037
REFERENCES FOR LIMITING ENVIRONMENTAL ASSOC_ - 1033
COMMENTS ON ENVIRONMENTAL ASSOCIATIONS -
00190S=prefers coastal waters, sometimes enters bays and
river mouths *2094*
Environment Associations - 1 (DRAFT) - Life History
Species porpoise, harbor
Species Id M120027
Date 26 AUG 96
LIFE HISTORY
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: weight about 110 pounds; length about
5 feet (1.5 m); the body is small and robust; the head is small,
rounded, and lacks a beak; dorsal fin is small and triangular; from the
dorsal fin a ridge runs to the flukes; gray dorsally, white ventrally;
teeth are 2.5 mm in diameter and spade shaped, dental formula is
23-28/22-26 *1043,2094,1030,1035*; REPRODUCTION: breeding season from
July to October; gestation period is 8-10 months; 1 young/period/year;
mature at 1.25 years of age; breeding behavior is unknown
*1043,1035,1044*; BEHAVIOR: travels in small schools or pairs
*1037,1035*; ORIGIN: native *2094*
REFERENCES FOR LIFE HISTORY- 1043, 2094, 1030, 1037, 1035 and 1044
Life History - 1 (DRAFT) - Management Practices
Species porpoise, harbor
Species Id M120027
Date 26 AUG 96
MANAGEMENT PRACTICES
RESULT MANAGEMENT PRACTICE
Beneficial Regulating harvest of species being described
Beneficial Prohibiting harvest of species being described
Beneficial Public education - publicity
Beneficial Public education - law enforcement
Existing Regulating harvest of species being described
Existing Prohibiting harvest of species being described
Existing Public education - publicity
Existing Public education - law enforcement
Existing Other management practices [specified in comments]
REFERENCES FOR BENEFICIAL MANAGEMENT PRACTICES - 1048
REFERENCES FOR EXISTING MANAGEMENT PRACTICES - 1048
COMMENTS ON MANAGEMENT PRACTICES -
999(E)=permits are issued by the U.S.D.C. to allow for
incidental take in fisheries *1048*
Management Practices - 1 (DRAFT) - References
Species porpoise, harbor
Species Id M120027
Date 26 AUG 96
References
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1043* Schmidly, D.J. 1981. Marine mammals of the southeastern
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1048* Serv., National Marine Fisheries. 1981. Marine mammal
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2094* Leatherwood, S., Caldwell, D.K., Winn, H.E. 1976. Whales,
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