WoRMS taxon details

Delphinus delphis Linnaeus, 1758

137094  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:137094)

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Species
Delphinus albimanus Peale, 1848 · unaccepted (synonym)
Delphinus algeriensis Loche, 1860 · unaccepted (synonym)
Delphinus bairdii Dall, 1873 · unaccepted (synonym)
Delphinus capensis Gray, 1828 · unaccepted (synonym)
Delphinus delphus Linnaeus, 1758 · unaccepted (Spelling variation)
Delphinus dussumieri Blanford, 1891 · unaccepted (preoccupied)
Delphinus forsteri Gray, 1846 · unaccepted (synonym)
Delphinus frithii Blyth, 1859 · unaccepted (synonym)
Delphinus fulvifasciatus Wagner, 1846 · unaccepted (synonym)
Delphinus fulvofasciatus True, 1889 · unaccepted (synonym)
Delphinus janira Gray, 1846 · unaccepted (synonym)
Delphinus longirostris G. Cuvier, 1829 · unaccepted (preoccupied)
Delphinus loriger Wiegmann, 1846 · unaccepted (synonym)
Delphinus major Gray, 1866 · unaccepted (synonym)
Delphinus marginatus Lafont, 1868 · unaccepted (misidentification)
Delphinus microps Burmeister, 1866 · unaccepted (synonym)
Delphinus moorei Gray, 1866 · unaccepted (synonym)
Delphinus novaezealandiae Gray, 1850 · unaccepted (synonym)
Delphinus sao Gray, 1850 · unaccepted (synonym)
Delphinus vulgaris Lacépède, 1804 · unaccepted (synonym)
Delphinus zelandae Gray, 1853 · unaccepted (synonym)

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Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. <em>Editio decima, reformata [10th revised edition], vol. 1: 824 pp. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae.</em> , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 77 [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 
Note "Oceano Europaeo"  
From editor or global species database
Type locality "Oceano Europaeo" [details]
Distribution circumglobal  
Distribution circumglobal [details]

Distribution East Pacific; Eastern Atlantic Ocean; Indo-West Pacific; Western Atlantic Ocean  
Distribution East Pacific; Eastern Atlantic Ocean; Indo-West Pacific; Western Atlantic Ocean [details]
Fordyce, E.; Perrin, W.F. (2024). World Cetacea Database. Delphinus delphis Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137094 on 2024-03-19
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original description Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. <em>Editio decima, reformata [10th revised edition], vol. 1: 824 pp. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae.</em> , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 77 [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

original description  (of Delphinus capensis Gray, 1828) Gray, J. E. (1828-1830). <i>Spicilegia zoologica; or, original figures and short systematic descriptions of new and unfigured animals</i>. Treüttel, Würtz & Co. & Wood. Parts I & II: part I, 1–8, pls. 1–6 (1 July 1828); part II, 9–12, pls. 7–11 (August 1830). , available online at https://archive.org/details/b22007556/page/n3/mode/2up
page(s): 1,2 [details]  OpenAccess publication 

context source (HKRMS) Jefferson TA. (2005). Monitoring of Indo-Pacific Hampback Dolphin (Sousa chinensis) in Hong Kong waters - Data Analysis. Final report. Submitted to the Agriculture &Fisheries and Conservation Department, The Hong Kong SAR Government. [details]   

context source (Bermuda) Sterrer, W. (1986). Marine fauna and flora of Bermuda: a systematic guide to the identification of marine organisms. <em>Wiley-Interscience Publication. Wiley.</em> 742 pp (Nemertini part). [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

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 Mead, J. G.; Brownell, R. L. Jr. (2005). Cetacea. <em>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.</em> 723--743., available online at http://www.bucknell.edu/msw3/ [details]   

additional source Rice, D. W. (1998). Marine mammals of the world. Systematics and distribution. <em>Society for Marine Mammalogy Special Publication.</em> 4., available online at http://www.marinemammalscience.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/MarineMammalsOfTheWorld.pdf [details]   

additional source Hershkovitz, P. (1966). Catalog of Living Whales. <em>Bulletin of the United States National Museum.</em> (246): 1-259., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.03629236.246 [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 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, available online at http://www.iucnredlist.org [details]   

additional source Perrin, W.F.; Würsig, B.; Thewissen, J.G.M. (2009). Encyclopedia of marine mammals. Second edition. Academic Press: London. ISBN 978-0-12-373553-9. xxix, 1316 pp. (look up in IMIS[details]   

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

additional source King, C.M.; Roberts, C.D.; Bell, B.D.; Fordyce, R.E.; Nicoll, R.S.; Worthy, T.H.; Paulin, C.D.; Hitchmough, R.A.; Keyes, I.W.; Baker, A.N.; Stewart, A.L.; Hiller, N.; McDowall, R.M.; Holdaway, R.N.; McPhee, R.P.; Schwarzhans, W.W.; Tennyson, A.J.D.; Rust, S.; Macadie, I. (2009). Phylum Chordata: lancelets, fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> pp. 431-554. [details]   

additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS[details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

ecology source Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details]  OpenAccess publication 
 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

From editor or global species database
Distribution circumglobal [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]

From other sources
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]

Habitat mainly offshore [details]

Habitat oceanic, tropical to temperate [details]
LanguageName 
Afrikaans gewone dolfyn  [details]
Albanian delfini i zakonshëm  [details]
Aleut angaigik  [details]
Basque marzuplaizurde arrunta  [details]
Bulgarian Обикновен делфинДелфинobiknoven delfin  [details]
Catalan dofí comu  [details]
Czech delfín obecný  [details]
Danish almindelige Delphinalmindelig delfin  [details]
Dutch gewone dolfijndolfijn  [details]
English whitebelly porpoiseshort-beaked saddle-backed dolphinshort-beaked saddleback dolphinshort-beaked common dolphinsea porpoisesaddle-backed dolphinsaddle-back dolphinlong-beaked saddle-back dolphinlong-beaked common dolphincommon dolphinBaja-neritic common dolphin [from synonym]  [details]
French dauphin vulgairedauphin ordinairedauphin delphisdauphin commun à petit becdauphin commun à long bec [from synonym]dauphin commundauphin à bande fauvedauphincamusbec d'oie  [details]
German kurzschnäuziger gemeiner Delphingemeiner DelphinDelphinDelfin  [details]
Hebrew דולפין מובהק  [details]
Icelandic hundfiscurhuisenhofrung  [details]
Indonesian lumba-lumba biasa  [details]
Italian tombarellodelfino comune delfino  [details]
Japanese マイルカハセイルカ [from synonym]tobi irukasuzume-irukama iruka  [details]
Kalaallisut ardlusarsuk  [details]
Korean jjalbeun-buri-cham-dolgoraeginburi-cham-dolgorae [from synonym]  [details]
Lithuanian paprastasis delfinas  [details]
Malayalam chankan eedi  [details]
Modern Greek (1453-) Κοινό δελφίνι  [details]
Norwegian spinghvalspingerspidsnudet delfindolffindelphin  [details]
Norwegian Bokmål gulflankedelfindelfin  [details]
Norwegian Nynorsk gulflankedelfindelfin  [details]
Polish delfin zwyczajnydelfin pospolity  [details]
Portuguese toninha comumgolfinho-comum-de-bico-longo [from synonym]golfinho  [details]
Romanian delfinusdelfinul comun  [details]
Russian обыкновенный дельфиндельфин белобочкаobyknovennyi delfinbyelobochka (Black Sea)byelobochka  [details]
Slovenian navadni delfin  [details]
Spanish tonino de mardelfin tollinodelfin rayadodelfin panza blancadelfín común de rostro largo [from synonym]delfín común de rostro cortodelfín común  [details]
Swedish springaredelphindelfin  [details]
Tamil pomigrapanavai meen  [details]
Telugu ganupuli  [details]
Thai plaloma pak yao [from synonym]  [details]
Turkish yunustyrtaktirtak yunustirtak  [details]
Ukrainian Дельфін білобочкаБілобочка чорноморська  [details]
Welsh dolffin cyffredin  [details]