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title: "Sotalia amazońska"
description: "Sotalia fluviatilis — Ssaki. The tucuxi (Sotalia fluviatilis), alternatively known in Peru bufeo gris or bufeo negro, is a species of freshwater dolphin found in the rivers of the Amazon basin."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pl/animal/tucuxi
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Sotalia amazońska

> Sotalia fluviatilis — Ssaki. The tucuxi (Sotalia fluviatilis), alternatively known in Peru bufeo gris or bufeo negro, is a species of freshwater dolphin found in the rivers of the Amazon basin.

- Scientific name: *Sotalia fluviatilis*
- Category: `mammals` (Ssaki)
- Habitats: `freshwater` (Jeziora i rzeki)
- iNaturalist observations: 568
- Wikidata: [Q935680](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q935680)
- iNaturalist taxon: [41490](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/41490)

## Names

- en: Tucuxi
- de: Amazonassotalia
- es: Bufeo Negro
- fr: Sotalie de l'Amazone
- nl: Tucuxi
- pt: Tucuxi
- pl: Sotalia amazońska

## Countries with the most observations

PE (220), BR (199), CO (72), EC (3)

## Summary

The tucuxi (Sotalia fluviatilis), alternatively known in Peru bufeo gris or bufeo negro, is a species of freshwater dolphin found in the rivers of the Amazon basin. The word tucuxi  is derived from the Tupi language word tuchuchi-ana, and has now been adopted as the species' common name. Despite being found in geographic locations similar to those of 'true' river dolphins such as the boto, the tucuxi is not closely related to them genetically. Instead, it is classed in the oceanic dolphin family, Delphinidae.
Physically, the species resembles the bottlenose dolphins, but differs sufficiently to be placed in a separate…

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tucuxi

## Photo

![Sotalia amazońska](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/tucuxi/medium.jpg)

Photo: Wouter Koch · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/330510537

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/tucuxi?lang=pl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).