WoRMS name details
Delphinus eschrichtii Schlegel, 1841
383839 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:383839)
unaccepted > junior subjective synonym (synonym)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Schlegel, H. (1841). Abhandlungen aus dem gebiete der zoologie und vergleichenden anatomie [Essays of zoology and comparative anatomy]. A. Arnz and Comp., Leiden, Netherlands. [details]
Type locality contained in Faroe Islands
type locality contained in Faroe Islands [details]
Taxonomy Schlegel notes the similarity with Gray’s (1828) Delphinus acutus.
Taxonomy Schlegel notes the similarity with Gray’s (1828) Delphinus acutus. [details]
Fordyce, E.; Perrin, W.F. (2025). World Cetacea Database. Delphinus eschrichtii Schlegel, 1841. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=383839 on 2025-04-30
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Nomenclature
original description
Schlegel, H. (1841). Abhandlungen aus dem gebiete der zoologie und vergleichenden anatomie [Essays of zoology and comparative anatomy]. A. Arnz and Comp., Leiden, Netherlands. [details]
Taxonomy
taxonomy source
Vollmer, N. L.; Ashe, E.; Brownell, R. L.; Cipriano, F.; Mead, J. G.; Reeves, R. R.; Soldevilla, M. S.; Williams, R. (2019). Taxonomic revision of the dolphin genus Lagenorhynchus. <em>Marine Mammal Science.</em> 35(3): 957-1057., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/mms.12573 [details] Available for editors 
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Holotype The holotype is in the “Leiden Museum” (Hershkovitz 1966). According to Broekema (1983), the holotype of “Delphinus eschrichtii Schlegel, 1841. Skeleton. ‘Iles Faër’. Eschricht, 1838” is at the Rijksmuseum van Natuurlijke Historie, Leiden as specimen 31210. [details]Taxonomy Schlegel notes the similarity with Gray’s (1828) Delphinus acutus. [details]
