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Sotalia lentiginosa (Gray, 1866) 
AphiaID: 231419

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) > Sotalia (Genus)
Status unaccepted unaccepted (synonym)
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Accepted name  Sousa chinensis (Osbeck, 1765)
Rank Species
Parent Sotalia (Gray, 1866)
Sources  basis of record: Shirihai, H. 2002 A complete guide to Antarctic Wildlife: the Birds and Marine Mammals of the Antarctic Continent and the Southern Ocean Alula Press FI 510 pp [details]

source of synonymy: Jefferson, T.A.; Karczmarski, L. (2001). Sousa chinensis. Mammalian species 655: 1-9., available online at http://www.bioone.org/archive/1545-1410/655/1/pdf/i1545-1410-655-1-1.pdf [details]

Vernacular
Names
 
Language   Name 
English freckled dolphin  [details]
Environment marine
Link To Biodiversity Heritage Library (22 publications)
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:231419
Taxonomic
Edit history
 
Date   action   by
2006-05-17 09:54:26Z  created  Charbonneau, Danny
2007-12-22 19:25:59Z  changed  Vanden Berghe, Edward
2008-08-20 11:25:36Z  checked  Perrin, William
2009-04-09 22:46:11Z  changed  Perrin, William
  
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  Citation: Perrin, W. (2013). Sotalia lentiginosa. In: Perrin, W.F. (2013) World Cetacea Database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=231419 on 2013-05-24
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