List of Protected Aquatic Species in Myanmar

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• Mammals

Class/Group	Subgroup	Scientific Name	Common Name	Local Name	Regulation/Law	Illustration	Remark
Mammals	Blue-whales, fin-whales	Balaenoptera musculus	Blue whale	Walangarpyar	CITES
Mammals	Blue-whales, fin-whales	Balaenoptera physalus	Fin Whale	Kyawyosutaunggyi-walangar	CITES
Mammals	Blue-whales, fin-whales	Balaenoptera edeni	Bryde’s whale	Barinewalangar	CITES
Mammals	Miscellaneous aquatic mammals	Physeter macrocephalus	Sperm whale	Gaunggyiwalangar	CITES
Mammals	Sperm-whales, pilot-whales	Feresa attenuata	Pygmy killer whale	Aatharsarwalangar	CITES
Mammals	Sperm-whales, pilot-whales	Indopacetus pacificus	Longman’s Beaked whale	Noteechunwalangar	CITES
Mammals	Sperm-whales, pilot-whales	Orcaella brevirostris	Ayeyarwady (Irrawaddy) dolphin	Palinnotee-Linpine	CITES
Mammals	Sperm-whales, pilot-whales	Tursiops aduncus	Indo-pacific Bottle-nose Dolphin	Linepine	CITES
Mammals	Sperm-whales, pilot-whales	Tursiops truncatus	Indo-pacific Bottle-nose Dolphin	Indopaci-linpine	CITES
Mammals	Sperm-whales, pilot-whales	Sausa chinensis	Indo-Pacific humpback dolphin	Kyawbot-Linpine	CITES
Mammals	Sperm-whales, pilot-whales	Neophocaena phocaenoides	Finless porpoises	Ngargyi-annawar	CITES
Mammals	Sperm-whales, pilot-whales	Stenella attenuata	Pantropical spotted dolphin	Linpine-satpyauk	CITES
Mammals	Sperm-whales, pilot-whales	Stenella longirostris	Long-snouted Spinner dolphin	Noteeshae kyaunglangyunthoo-Linpine	CITES
Mammals	Sperm-whales, pilot-whales	Ziphius cavirostris	Cuvier’s Beaked Whale	Juvier walangar	CITES
Mammals	Sperm-whales, pilot-whales	Mesoplodon layardii	Strap-toothed Beaked Whale	–	CITES