Lagenorhynchus acutus (Gray, 1828) 
AphiaID: 137100

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

Status		accepted
Record status		Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank		Species
Parent		Lagenorhynchus Gray, 1846
Synonymised taxa		Delphinus (Grampus) acutus Gray, 1828 Delphinus acutus Gray, 1828 (synonym) Delphinus eschrichtii Schlegel, 1841 (synonym) Delphinus leucopleurus Rasch, 1843 (synonym) Electra acuta Gray, 1868 (synonym) Lagenorhynchus gubernator Cope, 1876 (synonym) Lagenorhynchus leucopleurus Gray, 1866 (synonym) Lagenorhynchus perspicillatus Cope, 1876 (synonym) Leicopleurus arcticus Tomilin, 1957 (misspelling) Leucopleurus arcticus Gray, 1846 (synonym)
Sources		original description: Gray J.E. (1828). Original figures and short systematic descriptions of new and unfigured animals. Spicilegia Zoologica Part 1. page(s): 2 [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: 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: ITIS database, available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
Vernacular Names		Language    Name   Danish hvidskaering  [details] Danish hvidskæving  [details] Danish Hvidskjaevings-Springeren  [details] Danish kvaessing  [details] Dutch witflankdolfijn  [details] Dutch witzijdedolfijn  [details] Dutch witzijdolfijn  [details] English Atlantic white-sided dolphin  [details] English Eschricht's dolphin  [details] English jumper  [details] English skunk porpoise  [details] French dauphin à flancs blancs de l' Atlantique  [details] German nordischer Delfin  [details] German nordischer Dolphin  [details] German Springer  [details] German Weißseitendelfin  [details] Icelandic leiftur  [details] Italian lagenorinco acuto  [details] Lithuanian atlantinis baltašonis delfinas  [details] Lithuanian Atlanto baltašonis delfinas  [details] Modern Greek (1453-) Λαγηνόρυγχος του Ατλαντικού  [details] Norwegian hvidskjaevingen  [details] Norwegian hvitskjering  [details] Norwegian springhval  [details] Norwegian Bokmål kvitskjeving  [details] Norwegian Nynorsk kvitskjeving  [details] Polish delfin białoboki  [details] Russian belobokyi delfin  [details] Russian ostrorylyi delfin  [details] Russian атлантический белобокий дельфин  [details] Slovenian Atlantski pisani delfin  [details] Spanish delfín atlántico de flancos blancos  [details] Spanish delfín de flancos blancos  [details] Spanish delfín de flancos blancos del Atlántico  [details] Swedish vitsiding  [details] Turkish Atlantik beyaz yanlı yunusu  [details] Ukrainian Атлантичний білобокий дельфін  [details] Ukrainian Дельфін атлантичний білобокий  [details] Welsh dolffin ystlyswyn  [details]
Environment		marine
Distribution		Belgian Exclusive Economic Zone [details] European waters (ERMS scope) [details] Gulf of Maine [details] Gulf of St. Lawrence [details] Irish Exclusive economic Zone [details] Knokke [details] North West Atlantic [details] Northern North Atlantic [details] Oostende [details] Portuguese Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Spanish Exclusive Economic Zone [details] St. Lawrence Estuary [details] United Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Wimereux (not certain) [details]
Links		Marine Life Information Network - UK To Barcode of Life (2 barcodes) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (152 publications) To Encyclopedia of Life To GenBank (77 nucleotides; 44 proteins) To IUCN Red List To Marine Species Identification Portal To PESI To ITIS
Notes		Diet: various fish, squid, and some crustaceans [details] Dimensions: Length: male 7-9' (2.2-2.7 m), female 6-9' (1.9-2.7 m), at birth 3 1/2' (1.1 m) [details] Distribution: Northern East and West Atlantic Ocean [details] Habitat: cold temperate to subpolar, mostly in deep water [details] Habitat: inshore to mainly offshore [details] Holotype: Sull originally in Brooke's Museum, London, and sold to the Leiden Zoological Museum, Netherlands. [details] IUCN Red List Category: Least Concern (LC) [details] Morphology: Distinguishing characteristics: colour black with yellow and white patches on side and white belly. Dives without lifting tail. Blow not readily visible. Curved dorsal fin. Small beak. [details] Reproduction: Calving: June to July; Weaning: 1.5 years [details] Type locality: Unknown; determined as the Faroe Islands on the basis of the provenance of the subjective synonym eschrichtii Schlegel, by Gray (1846, Zoology of the voyage of H.M.S. Erebus and Terror) [details]
Images		Van Beneden & Gervais (1880, pl. 35) added on 2008-06-03 - author: Delahaye in Van Beneden & Gervais (1880) scan provided by VLIZ - Wetenschatten qualitystatus: checked by Perrin, William on 2009-04-17 23:51:21 Van Beneden & Gervais (1880, pl. 36) added on 2008-06-03 - author: Delahaye in Van Beneden & Gervais (1880) scan provided by VLIZ - Wetenschatten qualitystatus: checked by Perrin, William on 2009-04-17 23:51:30 Lagenorhynchus acutus added on 2012-01-31 - author: VLIZ collection qualitystatus: not checked
LSID		urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:137100
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). Lagenorhynchus acutus (Gray, 1828). 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=137100 on 2013-05-19