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Inia geoffrensis

Inia geoffrensis

Amazon river dolphin(+28)·(de Blainville, 1817)

GBIF:155301398

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PROFILE

Species Profile

Habitat

Freshwater

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Common names used for this species across different languages and regions. Available in 7 languages.

engAmazon river dolphinengdeuAmazonas-DelphindeuengGeoffroy's river dolphinengapupuporbotopor+24 more

Vernacular (common) names are the everyday names used for a species in different languages and regions. A single species may have dozens of common names worldwide. This taxon has names in 7 languages.

engAmazon river dolphin
eng
Source: Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
deuAmazonas-Delphin
deu
engGeoffroy's river dolphin
eng
apupu
porboto
por
spaboto
spa
engboto
eng
Source: van der Land, J. (ed). (2008). UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO).
porboto pretinho
por
porboto vermelho
por
porboto-rosa
por
porbouto
por
porboutu
por
spabufeo
spa
spabufete
spa
fradauphin à museau grêle
fra
cesdefínovec amazonský
ces
spadelfin amazonico
spa
spadelfin de agua dulce
spa
spadelfin de rio
spa
spadelfin llanero
spa
spadelfin rosado
spa
spadelfín colorado
spa
spafansa
spa
frainia
fra
inia
nldorinocodolfijn
nld
spatonina
spa
spatonina de agua dulce
spa
spatonina de rio
spa

IDENTIFIERS

External Identifiers(1)

To GenBank (2002 nucleotides; 166 proteins)

NCBI:txid9725

UNKNOWN

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CITATIONS

References(10)

  • 1

    Best, R. C. and V. M. F. da Silva. (1993). Inia geoffrensis. Mammalian Species 426:1--8.

    additional source
  • 2

    Blainville, H. de. (1817). In: [Desmarest, A. G.]. <em>Nouveau dictionnaire d'histoire naturelle.</em> 9.

    original description
  • 3

    Hershkovitz, P. (1966). Catalog of Living Whales. <em>Bulletin of the United States National Museum.</em> (246): 1-259.

  • 4

    IUCN Red List of Threatened Species

    additional source
  • 5

    Jefferson, T. A., M. A. Webber and R. L. Pitman. (2008). Marine mammals of the world. Academic Press, Amsterdam.

    additional source
  • Source Information

    World Register of Marine Species

    World Register of Marine Species

    checklist

    An authoritative classification and catalogue of marine names. To obtain a full copy, please go to https://www.marinespecies.org/usersrequest.php

    WoRMS Editorial Board (2026). World Register of Marine Species. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.14284/170 accessed via GBIF.org on 2026-06-17.

    CC BYPublished 6/1/2026View dataset
    GBIF Usage Key
    155301398
    Dataset Key
    2d59e5db-57ad-41ff-97d6-11f5fb264527
    Origin
    source
    Backbone Key
    2440314
    Taxon ID
    urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:254960
    Last Crawled
    6/16/2026
    Last Interpreted
    6/16/2026