The La Plata Dolphin lives in saltwater estuaries and the ocean.

A young La Plata dolphin was rescued in 2011 off of Montevideo, Uruguay.

They are eaten by the Costero dolphin, and by the La Plata dolphin.

La Plata Dolphin (Pontoporia blainvillei)

The La Plata dolphin is the only species in its genus, and is often placed in its own family, the Pontoporiidae.

The La Plata dolphin is also widely known as the Franciscana - the Argentine and Uruguayan name that has been adopted internationally.

La Plata dolphins are bottom feeders and gut inspections have revealed they eat at least 24 different species of fish, depending on which species are most common.

The La Plata dolphin or Franciscana (Pontoporia blainvillei) is found in coastal Atlantic waters of southeastern South America.

The La Plata dolphin is listed as "Vulnerable" in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.

The la Plata dolphin (Pontoporia blainvillei), another vulnerable Brazilian denizen, is a marine river dolphin that ranges from Espírito Santo, Brazil, to the south.

First described in 2012, the dolphin is, in most respects, intermediate in form between the living Amazon river dolphin and the La Plata dolphin, although it is probably more closely related to the former.

The Río de la Plata is a habitat for the Loggerhead Sea Turtle, Green Sea Turtle, Leatherback Sea Turtle, the rare La Plata Dolphin, and many species of fish.

The other three species, including the boto and the La Plata dolphin, have survived in the Río de la Plata and Amazon rivers in South America and the Ganges and Indus rivers on the Indian subcontinent.