WoRMS taxon details
Sousa chinensis (Osbeck, 1765)
220226 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:220226)
accepted
Species
Delphinus chinensis Osbeck, 1765 · unaccepted (basionym)
Delphinus sinensis Desmarest, 1822 · unaccepted (synonym)
Sotalia borneensis Lydekker, 1901 · unaccepted (synonym)
Sotalia chinensis True, 1889 · unaccepted (synonym)
Sotalia plumbeus Flower, 1883 · unaccepted (synonym)
Sotalia sinensis Flower, 1883 · unaccepted (synonym)
Sousa borneensis Fraser & Purves, 1960 · unaccepted (synonym)
Sousa huangi Wang, 1999 · unaccepted (synonym)
Sousa lentiginosa Iredale & Troughton, 1934 · unaccepted (synonym)
Sousa queenslandensis Gaskin, 1972 · unaccepted (synonym)
Steno (Sousa) lentiginosus Gray, 1866 · alternative representation
Steno chinensis Gray, 1871 · unaccepted (synonym)
Steno lentiginosus Blanford, 1891 · unaccepted (synonym)
Steno lentiginosus Gray, 1866 · unaccepted (synonym)
Stenopontistes zambezicus Miranda Ribiero, 1936 · unaccepted (synonym)
- Subspecies Sousa chinensis chinensis (Osbeck, 1765)
- Subspecies Sousa chinensis taiwanensis Wang, Yang & Hung, 2015
marine, brackish, terrestrial
Not documented
Note Canton River
From editor or global species database
Type locality Canton River [details]
Fordyce, E.; Perrin, W.F. (2025). World Cetacea Database. Sousa chinensis (Osbeck, 1765). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=220226 on 2025-04-30
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Sousa huangi Wang, 1999) Wang, P.-L. (1999). Chinese Cetaceans. <em>Ningbo, China: Ocean Enterprises, Ltd.</em> 325 pp. [In Chinese]. [details]
basis of record Jefferson, T.A.; Karczmarski, L. (2001). Sousa chinensis. <em>Mammalian species.</em> 655: 1-9., available online at http://www.bioone.org/archive/1545-1410/655/1/pdf/i1545-1410-655-1-1.pdf [details]
basis of record Jefferson, T.A.; Karczmarski, L. (2001). Sousa chinensis. <em>Mammalian species.</em> 655: 1-9., available online at http://www.bioone.org/archive/1545-1410/655/1/pdf/i1545-1410-655-1-1.pdf [details]
Ecology
ecology source
Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details] 
Other
context source (HKRMS)
Ang, P. O.; Wong, C. K.; Lin, T. P.; Ma, W. C.; Hung, S. (2005). Biological Monitoring in Sha Chau and Lung Kwu Chau Marine Park. <em>Submitted to Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department, The Hong Kong SAR Government.</em> [details]
context source (RAS) Australian Antarctic Data Centre. , available online at https://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/biodiversity/ [details]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
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context source (RAS) Australian Antarctic Data Centre. , available online at https://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/biodiversity/ [details]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Holotype None preserved; original description based on live animals observed in habitat. [details]IUCN Red List Category subpopulation Eastern Taiwan Strait humpback dolphin : Critically Endangered (CR) [details]
IUCN Red List Category Near Threatened (NT) [details]
Type locality Canton River [details]
Unreviewed
Habitat tropical to warm temperate coastal waters, also in rivers, estuaries and mangroves [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Afrikaans | boggelrugdolfyn | [details] |
| Arabic | darfeel | [details] |
| Burmese | la-maing | [details] |
| English | Zhonghua white dolphinwhite dolphinspeckled dolphinridge-backed dolphinplumbeous dolphinlead-colored dolphinIndo-Pacific hump-backed dolphinIndo-Pacific humpback dolphinChinese white dolphinBorneo white dolphinBornean dolphin | [details] |
| French | dauphin à bosse de l'Indo-Pacifique | [details] |
| Indonesian | lumba-lumba totollumba-lumba timahlumba-lumba putih | [details] |
| Japanese | usuiro-iruka | [details] |
| Malagasy | lambondriaka aman-trafo | [details] |
| Malayalam | poonan aedi | [details] |
| Portuguese | golfinho-corcunda-do--Indo-pacifico | [details] |
| Sindhi | malhar | [details] |
| Sinhala | kabara mulla | [details] |
| Southern Balochi | goco | [details] |
| Spanish | delfín jorobado del Pacífico | [details] |
| Tamil | ongil (dolphin in general) | [details] |
| Telugu | bolla gadimi | [details] |
| Thai | plaloma phuakplaloma langnokplaloma khaothaoplaloma khaothaletoiplaloma khaothalenoea | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (4 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Sotalia plumbeus Flower, 1883)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications) (from synonym Sotalia chinensis True, 1889)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (15 publications) (from synonym Delphinus chinensis Osbeck, 1765)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (15 publications) (from synonym Sotalia borneensis Lydekker, 1901)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Sousa lentiginosa Iredale & Troughton, 1934)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (20 publications) (from synonym Steno lentiginosus Gray, 1866)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (20 publications) (from synonym Steno lentiginosus Blanford, 1891)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (26 publications) (from synonym Sotalia sinensis Flower, 1883)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Sousa borneensis Fraser & Purves, 1960)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Stenopontistes zambezicus Miranda Ribiero, 1936)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (38 publications) (from synonym Delphinus sinensis Desmarest, 1822)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Steno chinensis Gray, 1871)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Sousa chinensis)
To GenBank (44688 nucleotides; 19944 proteins)
To GenBank (44688 nucleotides; 19944 proteins) (from synonym Delphinus chinensis Osbeck, 1765)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Vulnerable)
To NMNH Extant Collection (MMP STR 18633 Sotalia chinensis - sighting - Patches - skin lesion)
To NMNH Extant Collection (MMP STR 2190 Sousa chinensis skull)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Sotalia plumbeus Flower, 1883)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications) (from synonym Sotalia chinensis True, 1889)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (15 publications) (from synonym Delphinus chinensis Osbeck, 1765)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (15 publications) (from synonym Sotalia borneensis Lydekker, 1901)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Sousa lentiginosa Iredale & Troughton, 1934)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (20 publications) (from synonym Steno lentiginosus Gray, 1866)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (20 publications) (from synonym Steno lentiginosus Blanford, 1891)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (26 publications) (from synonym Sotalia sinensis Flower, 1883)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Sousa borneensis Fraser & Purves, 1960)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Stenopontistes zambezicus Miranda Ribiero, 1936)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (38 publications) (from synonym Delphinus sinensis Desmarest, 1822)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Steno chinensis Gray, 1871)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Sousa chinensis)
To GenBank (44688 nucleotides; 19944 proteins)
To GenBank (44688 nucleotides; 19944 proteins) (from synonym Delphinus chinensis Osbeck, 1765)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Vulnerable)
To NMNH Extant Collection (MMP STR 18633 Sotalia chinensis - sighting - Patches - skin lesion)
To NMNH Extant Collection (MMP STR 2190 Sousa chinensis skull)
To ITIS
