Lagenorhynchus obscurus (Gray, 1828) 
AphiaID: 231434

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		Clymenia obscura Gray, 1868 (synonym) Delphinus (Tursio) obscurus Burmeister, 1867 (synonym) Delphinus breviceps Wagner, 1846 (synonym) Delphinus fitzroyi Waterhouse, 1838 (synonym) Delphinus obscurus Gray, 1828 (basionym) Delphinus superciliosus Lesson & Garnot, 1826 (synonym) Electra breviceps Gray, 1868 (synonym) Lagenorhynchus breviceps Gray, 1866 (synonym) Lagenorhynchus clanculus Gray, 1846 (synonym) Lagenorhynchus fitzroy Bini, 1951 (synonym) Lagenorhynchus fitzroyi Flower, 1885 (synonym) Lissodelphis panope Trouessart, 1904 (synonym) Phocaena fitzroyi Philippi, 1893 (synonym) Prodelphinus obscurus Flower, 1885 (synonym) Prodelphinus petersii Lutken, 1889 (synonym) Tursio obscurus Gray, 1866 (synonym for part of Lagenorhynchus obscurus) Tursio panope Perez Canto, 1896 (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, pl.2, fig.2 [details] 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] 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: King, C. (2009). Terrestrial mammals (Chordata). In: Gordon, D. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand Inventory of Biodiversity. Volume One: Kingdom Animalia. 584 pp [details]
Vernacular Names		Language    Name   Afrikaans vaaldolfyn  [details] English beakless dolphin  [details] English dusky dolphin  [details] French dauphin obscur  [details] French dauphin sombre  [details] Spanish delfin de Fitzroy  [details] Spanish delfín obscuro  [details]
All child taxa [hide all]		Subspecies Lagenorhynchus obscurus fitzroyi (Waterhouse, 1838) Subspecies Lagenorhynchus obscurus obscurus (Gray, 1828)
Environment		marine
Distribution		New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Southern Ocean [details] Subantarctic Waters [details] World Oceans [details]
Links		To Biodiversity Heritage Library (41 publications) To Encyclopedia of Life To GenBank (261 nucleotides; 156 proteins) To IUCN Red List To Marine Species Identification Portal To ITIS
Notes		Habitat: coastal and over continental shelf and slope. [details] Holotype: Stuffed skin and skull in British Museum (Natural History), London, no. 41.1733 [details] IUCN Red List Category: Data Deficient (DD) [details] Type locality: "Southern Ocean" [details]
Images		Lagenorhynchus obscurus added on 2009-02-14 - author: Collection Georges Declercq qualitystatus: checked by Perrin, William on 2013-04-15 22:53:29 Dusky dolphins (Lagenorhynchus obscurus) added on 2009-04-30 - author: NOAA NMFS SWFSC PRD () qualitystatus: checked by Perrin, William on 2009-04-30 00:22:11
LSID		urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:231434
Taxonomic Edit history		Date    action    by 2006-05-17 09:54:26Z   created   Charbonneau, Danny 2008-08-20 11:25:36Z   changed   Perrin, William 2009-04-03 15:24:11Z   changed   Perrin, William
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		Citation: Perrin, W. (2013). Lagenorhynchus obscurus (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=231434 on 2013-06-20