The Vaquita is the world’s smallest and endangered small marine cetacean and generally found in Gulf of California. The scientific name for vaquita is Phocoena sinus. In adults its color is dark gray, and in newborn, the coloration is darker than in adults. It eats ocean fish such as Gulf croaker and bronze-striped grunts, small fish and squid.
The pectoral fins of vaquita are longer and its weight is about 55 Kilogram, and generally male can reach up to 1.4m, female can reach up to 1.5meter. Vaquita is also known as Gulf Porpoise or Cochito. Vaquita lays eggs in the month of April and May. Humans are the predator of vaquita and its life span is about 20years.
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