Totoaba
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The totoaba or totuava is a species of marine fish endemic to the Gulf of California in Mexico. It is the largest member of the drum family Sciaenidae and is the only extant species in the genus Totoa
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Totoaba caught off Point Palmill, Baja California Sur. October 2017. Catch courtesy of Jo Barcimo. Photograph courtesy of Eric Brictson, Gordo Banks Pangas, La Playita, Baja California Sur. Website https://mexican-fish.com/totoaba/
Different habitats at different life stages of the totoaba in the Gulf of California.
Totoaba at the Autonomous University of Baja California where much of the initial research in aquaculture of the species was done
Vaquita
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The vaquita is a species of porpoise endemic to the northern end of the Gulf of California in Baja California, Mexico. Reaching a maximum body length of 150 cm or 140 cm, it is the smallest of all liv
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…on the Chinese bahaba, but as its population became depleted, the trade shifted to the related totoaba. The illegal totoaba fishery also threatens the vaquita, a critically endangered porpoise endemic to the northern Gulf of California that appears to be doomed to extinction unless the setting of gillnets in…
Vaquita 6 Olson NOAA
Characteristic dark eye rings
A vaquita swims in the foreground with fishing boats in the distance
A statue of vaquitas in Mexico to promote their conservation