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Delphinus delphis Linnaeus, 1758 
AphiaID: 137094

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Tetrapoda (Superclass) > Mammalia (Class) > Theria (Subclass) > Cetartiodactyla (Order) > Cetancodonta (Suborder) > Cetacea (Infraorder) > Odontoceti (Superfamily) > Delphinidae (Family) > Delphinus (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Delphinus Linnaeus, 1758
Synonymised
taxa		  Delphinus albimanus Peale, 1848 (synonym)
 Delphinus algeriensis Loche, 1860 (synonym)
 Delphinus delphus Linnaeus, 1758 (Spelling variation)
 Delphinus forsteri Gray, 1846 (synonym)
 Delphinus fulvifasciatus Wagner, 1846 (synonym)
 Delphinus fulvofasciatus True, 1889 (synonym)
 Delphinus janira Gray, 1846 (synonym)
 Delphinus loriger Wiegmann, 1846 (synonym)
 Delphinus marginatus Lafont, 1868 (misidentification)
 Delphinus novaezealandiae Gray, 1850 (synonym)
 Delphinus novaezeelandiae Wagner, 1846 (synonym)
 Delphinus novaezelandiae Quoy & Gaimard, 1830 (synonym)
 Delphinus vulgaris Lacépède, 1804 (synonym)
 Delphinus zelandae Gray, 1853 (synonym)
Sources  original description: Linnaeus C. (1758). Systema Naturae. Editio Decima, Tomus I. Holmiae [Stockholm]: Laurentii Salvii.
page(s): 77 [details]

basis of record: van der Land, J. (2001). Tetrapoda, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 375-376 (look up in IMIS) [details]

additional source: Carwardine, M., E. Hoyt, R. E. Fordyce and P. Gill. 1998. Whales, dolphins and porpoises. Time-Life Books. Nature Company Guides, USA. 288 p. [details]

additional source: Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]

additional source: ITIS database, available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]

additional source: Mead, J. G. and R. L. Brownell, Jr. (2005). Cetacea. Pages 723--743 in Wilson, D.E. & D.M. Reeder (eds). Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed), Johns Hopkins University Press, 2,142 pp., available online at http://www.bucknell.edu/msw3/ [details]

additional source: Rice, D. W. 1998. Marine mammals of the world. Systematics and distribution. Society for Marine Mammalogy Special Publication 4. [details]

additional source: Hershkovitz, P. (1966). Catalog of living whales. U.S. National Museum Bulletin 246:1--259. [details]

additional source: Jefferson, T. A., M. A. Webber and R. L. Pitman. (2008). Marine mammals of the world. Academic Press, Amsterdam. [details]

additional source: The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2008., available online at http://www.iucnredlist.org [details]

additional source: Perrin, W. F., B. Würsig and J. G. M. Thewissen. (2009). Encyclopedia of marine mammals. Academic Press, Amsterdam. [details]

additional source: Heyning, J. E. and W. F. Perrin. (1994). Evidence for two species of common dolphins (genus Delphinus)from the eastern North Pacific. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County Contributions in Science 442:1-35. [details]

additional source: King, C. (2009). Terrestrial mammals (Chordata). In: Gordon, D. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand Inventory of Biodiversity. Volume One: Kingdom Animalia. 584 pp [details]

Vernacular
Names		 
Language   Name 
Aleutian angaigik  [details]
Czech delfín obecný  [details]
Dutch dolfijn  [details]
Dutch gewone dolfijn  [details]
English common dolphin  [details]
English saddle-backed dolphin  [details]
English short-beaked common dolphin  [details]
English short-beaked saddleback dolphin  [details]
English short-beaked saddle-backed dolphin  [details]
French bec d'oie  [details]
French camus  [details]
French dauphin à bande fauve  [details]
French dauphin commun  [details]
French dauphin commun à petit bec  [details]
French dauphin ordinaire  [details]
French dauphin vulgaire  [details]
German delphin  [details]
German gemeiner Delphin  [details]
Greenlandic ardlusarsuk  [details]
Icelandic hofrung  [details]
Icelandic huisen  [details]
Icelandic hundfiscur  [details]
Italian delfino  [details]
Italian tombarello  [details]
Japanese ma iruka  [details]
Japanese tobi iruka  [details]
Norwegian delphin  [details]
Norwegian dolffin  [details]
Norwegian spinger  [details]
Norwegian spinghval  [details]
Polish delfin pospolity  [details]
Portuguese golfinho  [details]
Russian byelobochka  [details]
Russian obyknovennyi delfin  [details]
Slovenian Navadni delfin  [details]
Spanish delfín común de rostro corto  [details]
Swedish delphin  [details]
Swedish springare  [details]
Tamul pomigra  [details]
Turkish tyrtak  [details]
Direct child
taxa		 Subspecies Delphinus delphis delphis Linnaeus, 1758
Subspecies Delphinus delphis ponticus Barabasch-Nikiforov, 1935
Subspecies Delphinus delphis balteatus Fischer, 1881 accepted as Delphinus delphis delphis Linnaeus, 1758
Subspecies Delphinus delphis fusus Fischer, 1881 accepted as Delphinus delphis delphis Linnaeus, 1758
Subspecies Delphinus delphis mediterranea Nobre, 1900 accepted as Stenella coeruleoalba (Meyen, 1833)
Subspecies Delphinus delphis moschatus Fischer, 1881 accepted as Delphinus delphis delphis Linnaeus, 1758
Subspecies Delphinus delphis sowerbianus Fischer, 1881 accepted as Delphinus delphis delphis Linnaeus, 1758
Subspecies Delphinus delphis variegatus Fischer, 1881 accepted as Delphinus delphis delphis Linnaeus, 1758
Subspecies Delphinus delphis bairdii Tomilin, 1957 (nomen dubium)
Subspecies Delphinus delphis curvirostris Riggio, 1883 (nomen dubium, incertae sedis)
Environment marine
Distribution Belgian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Comores (from synonym) [details]
Eritrea (from synonym) [details]
European waters (ERMS scope) [details]
Grecian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Gulf of Maine [details]
Kenya (from synonym) [details]
Koksijde [details]
Madagascar (from synonym) [details]
Mauritius (from synonym) [details]
Mediterranean Sea [details]
Mozambique (from synonym) [details]
New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
North West Atlantic [details]
Reunion (from synonym) [details]
Seychelles (from synonym) [details]
Somalia (from synonym) [details]
Tanzania (from synonym) [details]
Westerschelde [details]
Wimereux (not certain) [details]
Links To GenBank
Marine Life Information Network - UK
To Marine Species Identification Portal
To Barcode of Life (4 barcodes)
To ITIS
Notes  Diet: small fish and cephalopods [details]

Dimensions: Length: male 1.7-2.2 m (5.5-7'), female 1.5-2 m (5-6.5'), at birth .7 m (2.5') [details]

Distribution: East Pacific; Eastern Atlantic Ocean; Indo-West Pacific; Western Atlantic Ocean [details]

Distribution: circumglobal [details]

Habitat: oceanic, tropical to temperate [details]

Habitat: mainly offshore [details]

Holotype: None, based on descriptions by authors [details]

IUCN Red List Category: Least Concern (LC) [details]

IUCN Red List Category: subpopulation Mediterranean common dolphin : Endangered (EN) [details]

Type locality: "Oceano Europaeo" [details]
Images 
Delphinus delphis
Delphinus delphis
added on 2006-08-04 - author: Giuseppe Zibordi ()
qualitystatus: checked by Perrin, William on 2009-04-17 23:20:39

Van Beneden & Gervais (1880, plaat 39)
Van Beneden & Gervais (1880, plaat 39)
added on 2008-06-04 - author: Delahaye in Van Beneden & Gervais (1880)
scan provided by VLIZ - www.wetenschatten.be
qualitystatus: checked by Perrin, William on 2009-04-17 23:21:20

Van Beneden & Gervais (1880, plaat 40)
Van Beneden & Gervais (1880, plaat 40)
added on 2008-06-04 - author: Delahaye in Van Beneden & Gervais (1880)
scan provided by VLIZ - www.wetenschatten.be
qualitystatus: checked by Perrin, William on 2009-04-17 23:21:32

Delphinus delphis
Delphinus delphis
added on 2009-02-13 - author: Collection Georges Declercq
qualitystatus: checked by Perrin, William on 2009-04-17 23:21:57

Zweden, Brämskär & Delphinus delphis
Zweden, Brämskär & Delphinus delphis
added on 2009-02-13 - author: Collection Georges Declercq
qualitystatus: checked by Perrin, William on 2009-04-17 23:21:42

Short-beaked common dophins off California
Short-beaked common dophins off California
added on 2009-03-11 - author: Robert Pitman ()
qualitystatus: checked by Perrin, William on 2009-03-11 17:13:26

Short-beaked common dophin (Delphinus delphis) from California
Short-beaked common dophin (Delphinus delphis) from California
added on 2009-04-23 - author: Perrin, William
qualitystatus: checked by Perrin, William on 2009-04-23 01:24:33

Delphinus delphis
Delphinus delphis
added on 2010-02-12 - author: Collection VLIZ ()
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Delphinus delphis
Delphinus delphis
added on 2010-02-27 - author: Collection VLIZ ()
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history		 
Date   action   by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  van der Land, Jacob
2008-08-20 11:25:36Z  checked  Perrin, William
  
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  Citation: Perrin, W. (2009). Delphinus delphis Linnaeus, 1758. In: Perrin, W.F. World Cetacea Database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137094 on 2010-09-02
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