Cetacea taxon details

Lagenorhynchus Gray, 1846 
AphiaID: 137020

Classification: Biota > Animalia > Chordata > Vertebrata > Gnathostomata > Tetrapoda > Mammalia > Theria > Cetartiodactyla > Cetancodonta > Cetacea > Odontoceti > Delphinidae
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Genus
Parent Delphinidae Gray, 1821
Synonymised
taxa
  Electra Gray, 1866 (synonym)
Leucopleurus Gray, 1866 (synonym)
Sagmatias (synonym)
Sources  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: Jefferson, T.A.; Leatherwood, S.; Webber, M.A. (1993). Marine mammals of the world. FAO Species identification guide. FAO: Rome, Italy. ISBN 92-5-103292-0. VIII, 320 pp. (look up in IMIS[details]

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taxa

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 Species Lagenorhynchus acutus (Gray, 1828)
Species Lagenorhynchus albirostris (Gray, 1846)
Species Lagenorhynchus australis (Peale, 1848)
Species Lagenorhynchus cruciger (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824)
Species Lagenorhynchus obliquidens Gill, 1865
Species Lagenorhynchus obscurus (Gray, 1828)

Species Lagenorhynchus nilssonii Gray, 1864 (nomen dubium, incertae sedis)
Species Lagenorhynchus posidonia True, 1903 (nomen dubium, incertae sedis)
Species Lagenorhynchus superciliosus True, 1889 (nomen dubium, incertae sedis)

Species Lagenorhynchus bombifrons Cope, 1876 (nomen nudum)

Species Lagenorhynchus albirostratus Peale, 1848 accepted as Stenella attenuata (Gray, 1846)
Species Lagenorhynchus asia Gray, 1846 accepted as Peponocephala electra (Gray, 1846)
Species Lagenorhynchus breviceps Gray, 1866 accepted as Lagenorhynchus obscurus (Gray, 1828)
Species Lagenorhynchus burmeisteri Moreno, 1892 accepted as Cephalorhynchus commersonii (Lacépède, 1804)
Species Lagenorhynchus caeruleoalbus Gray, 1850 accepted as Stenella coeruleoalba (Meyen, 1833)
Species Lagenorhynchus clanculus Gray, 1846 accepted as Lagenorhynchus obscurus (Gray, 1828)
Species Lagenorhynchus coeruleoalbus Cassin, 1858 accepted as Stenella attenuata (Gray, 1846)
Species Lagenorhynchus electra Gray, 1846 accepted as Peponocephala electra (Gray, 1846)
Species Lagenorhynchus fitzroy Bini, 1951 accepted as Lagenorhynchus obscurus (Gray, 1828)
Species Lagenorhynchus fitzroyi Flower, 1885 accepted as Lagenorhynchus obscurus (Gray, 1828)
Species Lagenorhynchus floweri Moreno, 1892 accepted as Cephalorhynchus commersonii (Lacépède, 1804)
Species Lagenorhynchus gubernator Cope, 1876 accepted as Lagenorhynchus acutus (Gray, 1828)
Species Lagenorhynchus lateralis Cassin, 1858 accepted as Stenella coeruleoalba (Meyen, 1833)
Species Lagenorhynchus latifrons True, 1889 accepted as Lagenorhynchus cruciger (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824)
Species Lagenorhynchus leucopleurus Gray, 1866 accepted as Lagenorhynchus acutus (Gray, 1828)
Species Lagenorhynchus longidens Cope, 1866 accepted as Lagenorhynchus obliquidens Gill, 1865
Species Lagenorhynchus ognevi Sleptsov, 1955 accepted as Lagenorhynchus obliquidens Gill, 1865
Species Lagenorhynchus pectoralis Cassin, 1858 accepted as Peponocephala electra (Gray, 1846)
Species Lagenorhynchus perspicillatus Cope, 1876 accepted as Lagenorhynchus acutus (Gray, 1828)
Species Lagenorhynchus supercillosus Trouessart, 1904 accepted as Lagenorhynchus cruciger (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824)
Species Lagenorhynchus thicolea Gray, 1846 accepted as Lissodelphis borealis (Peale, 1848)
Species Lagenorhynchus wilsoni Lille, 1915 accepted as Lagenorhynchus cruciger (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824)
Environment marine
Link To ITIS
Note  Homonymy: Also in database as valid genus in Polycystididae, (Plathyhelminthes) - needs checking [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:137020
Taxonomic
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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  van der Land, Jacob
2008-08-20 11:25:36Z  checked  Perrin, William
  
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  Citation: Perrin, W. (2013). Lagenorhynchus Gray, 1846. In: Perrin, W.F. (2013) World Cetacea Database. Accessed through: Perrin, W.F. (2013) World Cetacea Database at http://www.marinespecies.org/cetacea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137020 on 2013-05-20