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WoRMS taxon details
Sousa chinensis (Osbeck, 1765)
AphiaID: 220226
AphiaID: 220226
| 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) > Sousa (Genus) |
| Status | accepted | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rank | Species | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Parent | Sousa Gray, 1866 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Synonymised taxa |
Delphinus (Steno) lentiginosus Owen, 1866 (synonym) Delphinus chinensis Osbeck, 1765 (basionym) Delphinus plumbeus G. Cuvier, 1829 (synonym) Delphinus sinensis Desmarest, 1822 (synonym) Sotalia borneensis Lydekker, 1901 (synonym) Sotalia chinensis True, 1889 (synonym) Sotalia fergusoni Lydekker, 1903 (synonym) Sotalia lentiginosa (Gray, 1866) (synonym) Sotalia lentiginosus Flower, 1884 (synonym) Sotalia plumbea (G. Cuvier, 1829) (synonym) Sotalia plumbeus Flower, 1883 (synonym) Sotalia sinensis Flower, 1883 (synonym) Sousa borneensis Fraser & Purves, 1960 (synonym) Sousa huangi Wang, 1999 (synonym) Sousa lentiginosa Iredale & Troughton, 1934 (synonym) Sousa plumbea (G. Cuvier, 1829) (synonym) Sousa queenslandensis Gaskin, 1972 (synonym) Steno chinensis Gray, 1871 (synonym) Steno lentiginosus Blanford, 1891 (synonym) Steno lentiginosus Gray, 1866 (synonym) Steno plumbeus Blanford, 1891 (synonym) Stenopontistes zambezicus Miranda Ribiero, 1936 (synonym) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Source |
basis of record: Jefferson, T. A. and L. Karczmarski. (2001). Sousa chinensis. Mammalian Species 655:1--9. [details] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Environment | marine, brackish | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Distribution | Indo-West Pacific [details] Kenya [details] Madagascar [details] Mozambique [details] Somalia [details] Tanzania [details] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Links | To GenBank To Marine Species Identification Portal To Barcode of Life (3 barcodes) To ITIS | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Notes |
Habitat: tropical to warm temperate coastal waters, also in rivers, estuaries and mangroves [details] Holotype: None preserved; original description based on live animals observed in habitat. [details] IUCN Red List Category: subpopulation Eastern Taiwan Strait humpback dolphin : Critically Endangered (CR) [details] IUCN Red List Category: Near Threatened (NT) [details] Type locality: Canton River [details] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Citation: Perrin, W. (2009). Sousa chinensis (Osbeck, 1765). In: Perrin, W.F. World Cetacea Database. Accessed through the World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=220226 on 2010-09-02 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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