Delphinus delphis Linnaeus, 1758 
AphiaID: 137094

Classification: Biota > Animalia > Chordata > Vertebrata > Gnathostomata > Tetrapoda > Mammalia > Theria > Cetartiodactyla > Cetancodonta > Cetacea > Odontoceti > Delphinidae > Delphinus

Status		accepted
Record status		Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank		Species
Parent		Delphinus Linnaeus, 1758
Synonymised taxa		Delphinus albimanus Peale, 1848 (synonym) Delphinus algeriensis Loche, 1860 (synonym) Delphinus delphus Linnaeus, 1758 (Spelling variation) Delphinus forsteri Gray, 1846 (synonym) Delphinus fulvifasciatus Wagner, 1846 (synonym) Delphinus fulvofasciatus True, 1889 (synonym) Delphinus janira Gray, 1846 (synonym) Delphinus loriger Wiegmann, 1846 (synonym) Delphinus marginatus Lafont, 1868 (misidentification) Delphinus novaezealandiae Gray, 1850 (synonym) Delphinus novaezeelandiae Wagner, 1846 (synonym) Delphinus novaezelandiae Quoy & Gaimard, 1830 (synonym) Delphinus vulgaris Lacépède, 1804 (synonym) Delphinus zelandae Gray, 1853 (synonym)
Sources		original description: Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae. ii, 824 pp., available online at http://gdz.sub.uni-goettingen.de/no_cache/dms/load/toc/?IDDOC=265100 page(s): 77 [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: 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: Heyning, J. E. and W. F. Perrin. (1994). Evidence for two species of common dolphins (genus Delphinus)from the eastern North Pacific. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County Contributions in Science 442:1-35. [details] additional source: King, C. (2009). Terrestrial mammals (Chordata). In: Gordon, D. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand Inventory of Biodiversity. Volume One: Kingdom Animalia. 584 pp [details] from synonym: Jefferson, T.A., S. Leatherwood and M.A. Webber. 1993. Marine mammals of the world. FAO Species Identification Guide. Rome. 312 p. [details] [view taxon]
Vernacular Names		Language    Name   Afrikaans gewone dolfyn  [details] Albanian delfini i zakonshëm  [details] Aleut angaigik  [details] Basque izurde arrunta  [details] Basque marzupla  [details] Bulgarian obiknoven delfin  [details] Bulgarian Делфин  [details] Bulgarian Обикновен делфин  [details] Catalan dofí comu  [details] Czech delfín obecný  [details] Danish almindelig delfin  [details] Danish almindelige Delphin  [details] Dutch dolfijn  [details] Dutch gewone dolfijn  [details] English common dolphin  [details] English saddle-backed dolphin  [details] English sea porpoise  [details] English short-beaked common dolphin  [details] English short-beaked saddleback dolphin  [details] English short-beaked saddle-backed dolphin  [details] French bec d'oie  [details] French camus  [details] French dauphin  [details] French dauphin à bande fauve  [details] French dauphin commun  [details] French dauphin commun à petit bec  [details] French dauphin delphis  [details] French dauphin ordinaire  [details] French dauphin vulgaire  [details] German Delfin  [details] German Delphin  [details] German gemeiner Delphin  [details] German kurzschnäuziger gemeiner Delphin  [details] Hebrew דולפין מובהק  [details] Icelandic hofrung  [details] Icelandic huisen  [details] Icelandic hundfiscur  [details] Indonesian lumba-lumba biasa  [details] Italian delfino  [details] Italian delfino comune  [details] Italian tombarello  [details] Japanese ma iruka  [details] Japanese suzume-iruka  [details] Japanese tobi iruka  [details] Kalaallisut ardlusarsuk  [details] Korean jjalbeun-buri-cham-dolgorae  [details] Lithuanian paprastasis delfinas  [details] Malayalam chankan eedi  [details] Modern Greek (1453-) Κοινό δελφίνι  [details] Norwegian delphin  [details] Norwegian dolffin  [details] Norwegian spidsnudet delfin  [details] Norwegian spinger  [details] Norwegian spinghval  [details] Norwegian Bokmål delfin  [details] Norwegian Bokmål gulflankedelfin  [details] Norwegian Nynorsk delfin  [details] Norwegian Nynorsk gulflankedelfin  [details] Polish delfin pospolity  [details] Polish delfin zwyczajny  [details] Portuguese golfinho  [details] Portuguese toninha comum  [details] Romanian delfinul comun  [details] Romanian delfinus  [details] Russian byelobochka  [details] Russian byelobochka (Black Sea)  [details] Russian obyknovennyi delfin  [details] Russian дельфин белобочка  [details] Russian обыкновенный дельфин  [details] Slovenian navadni delfin  [details] Spanish delfín común  [details] Spanish delfín común de rostro corto  [details] Spanish delfin panza blanca  [details] Spanish delfin rayado  [details] Spanish delfin tollino  [details] Spanish tonino de mar  [details] Swedish delfin  [details] Swedish delphin  [details] Swedish springare  [details] Tamil panavai meen  [details] Tamil pomigra  [details] Telugu ganupuli  [details] Turkish tirtak  [details] Turkish tirtak yunus  [details] Turkish tyrtak  [details] Turkish yunus  [details] Ukrainian Білобочка чорноморська  [details] Ukrainian Дельфін білобочка  [details] Welsh dolffin cyffredin  [details]
All child taxa [hide all]		Subspecies Delphinus delphis delphis Linnaeus, 1758 Subspecies Delphinus delphis ponticus Barabasch-Nikiforov, 1935 Subspecies Delphinus delphis bairdii Tomilin, 1957 (nomen dubium) Subspecies Delphinus delphis curvirostris Riggio, 1883 (nomen dubium, incertae sedis) Subspecies Delphinus delphis balteatus Fischer, 1881 accepted as Delphinus delphis delphis Linnaeus, 1758 Subspecies Delphinus delphis fusus Fischer, 1881 accepted as Delphinus delphis delphis Linnaeus, 1758 Subspecies Delphinus delphis mediterranea Nobre, 1900 accepted as Stenella coeruleoalba (Meyen, 1833) Subspecies Delphinus delphis moschatus Fischer, 1881 accepted as Delphinus delphis delphis Linnaeus, 1758 Subspecies Delphinus delphis sowerbianus Fischer, 1881 accepted as Delphinus delphis delphis Linnaeus, 1758 Subspecies Delphinus delphis variegatus Fischer, 1881 accepted as Delphinus delphis delphis Linnaeus, 1758
Environment		marine
Distribution		Azores Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Belgian Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Comores (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Eritrea (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] European waters (ERMS scope) [details] Greek Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Gulf of Maine [details] Gulf of St. Lawrence [details] Ionian sea [details] Irish Exclusive economic Zone [details] Kenya (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Koksijde [details] Madagascar (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Mauritius (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Mediterranean Sea [details] Mozambique (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone [details] North West Atlantic [details] Portuguese Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Reunion (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Seychelles (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Somalia (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Spanish Exclusive Economic Zone [details] St. Lawrence Estuary [details] Tanzania (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] United Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Westerschelde [details] Wimereux (not certain) [details]
Host of		Lernaeenicus nodicornis Steenstrup & Lütken, 1861 (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Links		Marine Life Information Network - UK To Barcode of Life (5 barcodes) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (698 publications) To Encyclopedia of Life To GenBank (1160 nucleotides; 319 proteins) To IUCN Red List To Marine Species Identification Portal To PESI To ITIS
Notes		Diet: small fish and cephalopods [details] Dimensions: Length: male 1.7-2.2 m (5.5-7'), female 1.5-2 m (5-6.5'), at birth .7 m (2.5') [details] Distribution: circumglobal [details] Distribution: East Pacific; Eastern Atlantic Ocean; Indo-West Pacific; Western Atlantic Ocean [details] Habitat: oceanic, tropical to temperate [details] Habitat: mainly offshore [details] Holotype: None, based on descriptions by authors [details] IUCN Red List Category: Least Concern (LC) [details] IUCN Red List Category: subpopulation Mediterranean common dolphin : Endangered (EN) [details] Type locality: "Oceano Europaeo" [details]
Images		Delphinus delphis added on 2006-08-04 - author: Giuseppe Zibordi () qualitystatus: checked by Perrin, William on 2009-04-17 23:20:39 Van Beneden & Gervais (1880, pl. 39) 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 23:21:20 Van Beneden & Gervais (1880, pl. 40) 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 23:21:32 Delphinus delphis added on 2009-02-13 - author: Collection Georges Declercq qualitystatus: checked by Perrin, William on 2009-04-17 23:21:57 Short-beaked common dophins off California added on 2009-03-11 - author: Robert Pitman () qualitystatus: checked by Perrin, William on 2009-03-11 17:13:26 Short-beaked common dophin (Delphinus delphis) from California added on 2009-04-23 - author: Perrin, William qualitystatus: checked by Perrin, William on 2009-04-23 01:24:33 Delphinus delphis added on 2010-02-12 - author: Collection VLIZ () qualitystatus: not checked Delphinus delphis added on 2010-02-27 - author: Collection VLIZ () qualitystatus: not checked Short-beaked common dolphins added on 2011-02-10 - author: Hilary Moors () qualitystatus: not checked pair of dolphins added on 2011-04-20 - author: Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Jerry Black () qualitystatus: not checked Common Dolphin added on 2011-04-20 - author: Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Jerry Black () qualitystatus: not checked Delphinus delphis added on 2012-01-31 - author: VLIZ collection qualitystatus: not checked Delphinus delphis added on 2012-02-16 - author: Pillon, Roberto () qualitystatus: not checked Delphinus delphis added on 2012-03-14 - author: VLIZ Collection qualitystatus: not checked Delphinus delphis added on 2012-03-14 - author: VLIZ Collection qualitystatus: not checked
LSID		urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:137094
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
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		Citation: Perrin, W. (2013). Delphinus delphis Linnaeus, 1758. 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=137094 on 2013-05-20