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Lagenodelphis hosei Fraser, 1956 
AphiaID: 137099

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) > Lagenodelphis (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Lagenodelphis Fraser, 1957
Sources  original description: Fraser, F. C. (1956). A new Sarawak dolphin. The Sarawak Museum Journal 7 (8, n.s.):478--503, pl. 22--24. [details]

basis of record: 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: Jefferson, T. A. and S. Leatherwood. (1994). Lagenodelphis hosei. Mammalian Species 470:1--5. [details]

Vernacular
Names		 
Language   Name 
Cebuano mayahon  [details]
English Bornean dolphin  [details]
English Fraser's dolphin  [details]
English Fraser's porpoise  [details]
English Sarawak dolphin  [details]
French dauphin de Fraser  [details]
Japanese sarawaku iruka  [details]
Russian delfin Frasera  [details]
Russian saravakskiy delfin  [details]
Slovenian Fraserjev delfin  [details]
Spanish delfín de Fraser  [details]
Environment marine
Distribution Comores [details]
European waters (ERMS scope) [details]
Kenya [details]
Madagascar [details]
Mauritius [details]
Mediterranean Sea [details]
Mozambique [details]
North West Atlantic [details]
Reunion [details]
Seychelles [details]
Somalia [details]
Tanzania [details]
Links To GenBank
To Marine Species Identification Portal
To ITIS
Notes  Distribution: pantropical [details]

Habitat: oceanic [details]

Holotype: Skeleton in British Museum (Natural History), no. 1895.5.9.1, collected by C. Hose and purchased from Gerrard in 1895. [details]

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

Type locality: Mouth of Lutong River, Baram, Sarawak, Malaysia. [details]
Images 
Lagenodelphis hosei
Lagenodelphis hosei
added on 2009-02-14 - author: Collection Georges Declercq
qualitystatus: checked by Perrin, William on 2009-04-17 23:50:10

Fraser's dolphin (Lagenodelphis hosei) in the Philippines - adult male
Fraser's dolphin (Lagenodelphis hosei) in the Philippines - adult male
added on 2009-04-22 - author: Perrin, William
qualitystatus: checked by Perrin, William on 2009-04-22 19:49:35

Fraser's dolphins (Lagenodelphis hosei) in the Philippines
Fraser's dolphins (Lagenodelphis hosei) in the Philippines
added on 2009-04-22 - author: Louella Dolar, Tropical Marine Research for Conservation ()
qualitystatus: checked by Perrin, William on 2009-04-22 19:49:56

Fraser's dolphin (Lagenodelphis hosei) in the Philippines - female or juvenile
Fraser's dolphin (Lagenodelphis hosei) in the Philippines - female or juvenile
added on 2009-04-22 - author: Louella Dolar, Tropical Marine Research for Conservation ()
qualitystatus: checked by Perrin, William on 2009-04-22 19:50:14

Fraser's dolphins (Lagenodelphis hosei) in the Philippines
Fraser's dolphins (Lagenodelphis hosei) in the Philippines
added on 2009-04-22 - author: Louella Dolar, Tropical Marine Research for Conservation ()
qualitystatus: checked by Perrin, William on 2009-04-22 19:50:35

Fraser's dolphin (Lagenodelphis hosei) in the Philippines
Fraser's dolphin (Lagenodelphis hosei) in the Philippines
added on 2009-04-22 - author: Louella Dolar, Tropical Marine Research for Conservation ()
qualitystatus: checked by Perrin, William on 2009-04-22 19:49:11

Fraser's dolphin (Lagenodelphis hosei) bycaught in tuna purse seine fishery
Fraser's dolphin (Lagenodelphis hosei) bycaught in tuna purse seine fishery
added on 2009-04-23 - author: John LaGrange
qualitystatus: checked by Perrin, William on 2009-04-23 00:39:26
Edit
history		 
Date   action   by
2004-12-21 15:54:05 GMT  created  van der Land, Jacob
2008-08-20 11:25:36 GMT  checked  Perrin, William
  
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  Citation: Perrin, W. (2009). Lagenodelphis hosei Fraser, 1956. In: Perrin, W.F. World Cetacea Database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137099 on 2010-02-09
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