Delphinapterus leucas (Pallas, 1776) 
AphiaID: 137115

Classification: Biota > Animalia > Chordata > Vertebrata > Gnathostomata > Tetrapoda > Mammalia > Theria > Cetartiodactyla > Cetancodonta > Cetacea > Odontoceti > Monodontidae > Delphinapterus

Status		accepted
Record status		Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank		Species
Parent		Delphinapterus Lacépède, 1804
Sources		original description: Pallas, P. S. 1771-76. Reise durch verschiedene Provinzen des russischen Reiches. St. Petersburg. 3 vols. [vol. 1, 1771:12 unnumb. + 1-504, pls. A-L; vol. 2, 1773 (pt 1):4 unnumb. + 1-368, (pt 2):368-744, pls. A-Z; vol. 3, 1776 (pt 1) 20 unnumb. + 1-454, (pt 2) 455-760 index, + Pls. A-Z, AA-NN]. page(s): 3(1):85 [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: University of Michigan Museum of Zoology. Animal Diversity Web., available online at http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/index.html [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: IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, 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: Leatherwood, S., R. R. Reeves, W. F. Perrin and W. E. Evans. (1982). Whales, dolphins, and porpoises of the eastern North Pacific and adjacent Arctic waters. A guide to their identification. NOAA Technical Report NMFS Circular 444. 245pp. [details] additional source: Stewart, B. E. and R. E. A. Stewart. (1989). Delphinapterus leucas. Mammalian Species 336:1--8. [details] additional source: ITIS database, available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
Vernacular Names		Language    Name   Aleut bechurinka  [details] Anus pechuga  [details] Chukot puuliak  [details] Czech běluha mořská  [details] Danish hvidfisk  [details] Danish hvidhval  [details] Dutch beloega  [details] Dutch witte dolfijn  [details] Dutch witvis  [details] English beluga  [details] English buluga  [details] English sea canary  [details] English whale porpoise  [details] English white fish  [details] English white whale  [details] Even zatcha  [details] French baleine blanche  [details] French bélouga  [details] French dauphin blanc  [details] French delphinaptère blanc  [details] French marsouin blanc  [details] French moine de mer  [details] German Weissfisch  [details] German Weisswal  [details] Icelandic huitingar  [details] Icelandic mjaldur  [details] Inuktitut qilalgaq  [details] Inupiaq sisuaq (Northern Alaska)  [details] Inupiaq situaq (Bering Strait)  [details] Italian balena bianca  [details] Italian beluga  [details] Japanese shiro iruka  [details] Kalaallisut kulelulak  [details] Kalaallisut qaqortoq  [details] Khanty visingkh-potlaengkh  [details] Khanty vising-totleng  [details] Korean hin-gorae  [details] Koryak gik  [details] Koryak iina  [details] Lithuanian baltasis delfinas  [details] Modern Greek (1453-) Μπελούγκα  [details] Nenets fiborska  [details] Norwegian hvidfisk  [details] Norwegian hvitfisk  [details] Norwegian hvithval  [details] Norwegian Bokmål hvithval  [details] Norwegian Nynorsk kvitkval  [details] Polish białucha  [details] Russian belukha  [details] Russian morkskaia belukha  [details] Russian белуха  [details] Slovenian beluga  [details] Spanish ballena blanca  [details] Spanish beluga  [details] Swedish hrafu-reydur  [details] Swedish hvitagtik delphin  [details] Swedish hvitfisk  [details] Swedish vitval  [details] Turkish ak balina  [details] Turkish beluga  [details] Turkish beluga balinası  [details] Turkish beyaz balina  [details] Ukrainian білуга  [details] Ukrainian Білуха  [details] Welsh morfil gwyn  [details] Yupik languages cetuaq  [details] Yupik languages keelaluga  [details] Yupik languages pulzaq  [details]
Environment		marine, brackish, fresh
Distribution		Arctic Ocean [details] Belgian Exclusive Economic Zone [details] European waters (ERMS scope) [details] Gulf of Maine [details] Gulf of St. Lawrence [details] North West Atlantic [details] Polish Exclusive Economic Zone [details] St. Lawrence Estuary [details] United Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Links		To Barcode of Life (7 barcodes) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (322 publications) To Encyclopedia of Life To GenBank (385 nucleotides; 242 proteins) To IUCN Red List To Marine Species Identification Portal To PESI To ITIS
Images		Van Beneden & Gervais (1880, pl. 44) added on 2008-06-04 - author: Delahaye in Van Beneden & Gervais (1880) scan provided by VLIZ - Wetenschatten qualitystatus: checked by Perrin, William on 2009-04-17 23:17:11 Van Beneden & Gervais (1880, pl. 63) added on 2008-06-04 - author: Delahaye in Van Beneden & Gervais (1880) scan provided by VLIZ - Wetenschatten qualitystatus: checked by Perrin, William on 2009-04-17 23:17:21 Delphinapterus leucas added on 2009-02-13 - author: Collection Georges Declercq qualitystatus: checked by Perrin, William on 2009-04-17 23:17:31 Delphinapterus leucas added on 2009-08-03 - author: Jost, Klaus qualitystatus: checked by Perrin, William on 2013-05-17 18:10:22 Delphinapterus leucas added on 2009-08-03 - author: Jost, Klaus qualitystatus: checked by Perrin, William on 2013-05-17 18:10:35 Delphinapterus leucas added on 2009-11-23 - author: Collection Nathalie Dehauwere qualitystatus: checked by Perrin, William on 2013-05-17 18:10:46 Beluga whale stranding added on 2011-02-11 - author: Nozères, Claude qualitystatus: checked by Perrin, William on 2013-05-17 18:10:59 Beluga whales swimming added on 2011-02-11 - author: Nozères, Claude qualitystatus: checked by Perrin, William on 2013-05-17 18:11:10 Delphinapterus leucas added on 2011-10-30 - author: Collection VLIZ qualitystatus: checked by Perrin, William on 2013-05-17 18:11:26
LSID		urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:137115
Taxonomic Edit history		Date    action    by 2004-12-21 15:54:05Z   created   van der Land, Jacob 2008-08-20 11:25:36Z   checked   Perrin, William 2009-03-11 12:36:54Z   changed   Perrin, William
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		Citation: Perrin, W. (2013). Delphinapterus leucas (Pallas, 1776). In: Perrin, W.F. (2013) World Cetacea Database. Accessed through: VLIZ Belgian Marine Species Consortium (2010) The Belgian Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/berms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137115 on 2013-06-20
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