Check List 20(1): 221-226, doi: 10.15560/20.1.221
First record of Pontoporia blainvillei (Gervais & d’Orbigny, 1844) (Mammalia, Cetacea, Pontoporiidae) on the coast of Arraial do Cabo, Rio de Janeiro state, southeastern Brazil
expand article infoMarcelo Tardelli Rodrigues‡, David Steinwender§, Bernardo Antonio Perez da Gama|, Rodrigo Cumplido, Ubirajara Gonçalves de Melo Júnior#, Sarepta Feitosa Araújo§
‡ Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia Fluminense, Cabo Frio, Brazil§ Instituto Estadual do Ambiente, Cabo Frio, Brazil| Instituto de Biologia, Universidade Federal Fluminense, Niterói, Brazil¶ Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil# Instituto de Estudos do Mar Almirante Paulo Moreira & Universidade Federal Fluminense, Arraial do Cabo, Brazil

Corresponding author: Marcelo Tardelli Rodrigues ( orcinusorca86@gmail.com )

Academic editor: Guilherme Garbino
© Marcelo Tardelli Rodrigues, David Steinwender, Bernardo Antonio Perez da Gama, Rodrigo Cumplido, Ubirajara Gonçalves de Melo Júnior, Sarepta Feitosa Araújo.
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Citation: Rodrigues MT, Steinwender D, da Gama BAP, Cumplido R, Melo Júnior UG, Araújo SF (2024) First record of Pontoporia blainvillei (Gervais & d’Orbigny, 1844) (Mammalia, Cetacea, Pontoporiidae) on the coast of Arraial do Cabo, Rio de Janeiro state, southeastern Brazil. Check List 20(1): 221-226. https://doi.org/10.15560/20.1.221
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Abstract
We report the first record of Pontoporia blainvillei (Gervais & d’Orbigny, 1844), Franciscana or La Plata River Dolphin, along the coast of Arraial do Cabo, southeastern Brazil. On 8 October 2017, a newborn was stranded in the surf zone of Prainha Beach and was returned to the sea. Although an occasional record, fills a distribution gap of the species’ occurrence on the coast of Rio de Janeiro state and, consequently, helps clarify the distribution pattern of P. blainvillei along the coast of the Brazil.
Keywords
Distribution extension, Franciscana, La Plata River Dolphin, newborn, Prainha Beach