Vaquita porpoise (IMAGE)

Commission for Environmental Cooperation

Vaquita porpoise

Caption

Fewer than 10 vaquitas remain. The world’s tiniest cetacean is killed as by-catch in gillnets of poachers seeking another endangered species – the totoaba fish – for its swim bladder

Credit

Olson, NOAA

Usage Restrictions

No restrictions.

License

Public Domain

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