WoRMS taxon details
Tursiops aduncus (Ehrenberg, 1832 [1833])
254983 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:254983)
accepted
Species
Delphinus aduncus Ehrenberg, 1832 · unaccepted (basionym)
- Subspecies Tursiops aduncus abusalam Trouessart, 1904 (uncertain > nomen dubium, incertae sedis)
marine, terrestrial
(of Delphinus aduncus Ehrenberg, 1832) Hemprich, C. G. and W. F. Ehrenberg. (1832). Symbolae Physicae Mammalia, 2. Berlin, Germany. [Description in footnote by Ehrenberg on last page of unpaginated fascicle headed <i>Herpestes leucurus</i> H. et E. Two versions of this work were published in 1832, one with and one without the footnote; it is not known which appeared first.] [details]
Note Belhosse Island, Dahlak Archipelago, Red Sea,...
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Type locality Belhosse Island, Dahlak Archipelago, Red Sea, Ethiopia; 15 degrees 20 minutes N latitude, 40 degrees 40 minutes E longitude. [details]
Fordyce, E.; Perrin, W.F. (2025). World Cetacea Database. Tursiops aduncus (Ehrenberg, 1832 [1833]). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=254983 on 2025-02-06
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(of Delphinus aduncus Ehrenberg, 1832) Hemprich, C. G. and W. F. Ehrenberg. (1832). Symbolae Physicae Mammalia, 2. Berlin, Germany. [Description in footnote by Ehrenberg on last page of unpaginated fascicle headed <i>Herpestes leucurus</i> H. et E. Two versions of this work were published in 1832, one with and one without the footnote; it is not known which appeared first.] [details]
context source (HKRMS) Jefferson TA. & Hung SK. (2007). An updated, annotated checklist of the marine mammals of Hong Kong. Mammalia 71: pp 105-114. [details]
basis of record Mead, J. G.; Brownell, R. L. Jr. (2005). Cetacea. <em>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.</em> 723--743., available online at http://www.bucknell.edu/msw3/ [details]
additional source Rice, D. W. (1998). Marine mammals of the world. Systematics and distribution. <em>Society for Marine Mammalogy Special Publication.</em> 4., available online at http://www.marinemammalscience.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/MarineMammalsOfTheWorld.pdf [details]
additional source Hershkovitz, P. (1966). Catalog of Living Whales. <em>Bulletin of the United States National Museum.</em> (246): 1-259., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.03629236.246 [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.; Würsig, B.; Thewissen, J.G.M. (2009). Encyclopedia of marine mammals. Second edition. Academic Press: London. ISBN 978-0-12-373553-9. xxix, 1316 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Perrin, W. F., K. M. Robertson, P. J. H. van Bree and J. G. Mead. (2007). Cranial description and genetic identity of the holotype specimen of <i>Tursiops aduncus</i> (Ehrenberg, 1832). Marine Mammal Science 23:343--357. [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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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]
context source (HKRMS) Jefferson TA. & Hung SK. (2007). An updated, annotated checklist of the marine mammals of Hong Kong. Mammalia 71: pp 105-114. [details]
basis of record Mead, J. G.; Brownell, R. L. Jr. (2005). Cetacea. <em>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.</em> 723--743., available online at http://www.bucknell.edu/msw3/ [details]
additional source Rice, D. W. (1998). Marine mammals of the world. Systematics and distribution. <em>Society for Marine Mammalogy Special Publication.</em> 4., available online at http://www.marinemammalscience.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/MarineMammalsOfTheWorld.pdf [details]
additional source Hershkovitz, P. (1966). Catalog of Living Whales. <em>Bulletin of the United States National Museum.</em> (246): 1-259., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.03629236.246 [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.; Würsig, B.; Thewissen, J.G.M. (2009). Encyclopedia of marine mammals. Second edition. Academic Press: London. ISBN 978-0-12-373553-9. xxix, 1316 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Perrin, W. F., K. M. Robertson, P. J. H. van Bree and J. G. Mead. (2007). Cranial description and genetic identity of the holotype specimen of <i>Tursiops aduncus</i> (Ehrenberg, 1832). Marine Mammal Science 23:343--357. [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

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]





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Holotype Skull in Zoologisches Museum Berlin, no. ZMB 66400. Long thought to not exist (Hershkovitz, 1966; Perrin et al., 2007). [details]IUCN Red List Category Data Deficient (DD) [details]
Synonymy The Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphin Tursiops aduncus has been only recently recognized as a separate species. With further research, some of the names now in the synonymy of T. truncatus may be relegated to T. aduncus. A number of nominal species that relate to either one or the other of the two bottlenose dolphins (because they were named from the region of overlap of the two species) are listed in the database as "incertae sedis" and are not included in the synonymy in this database for either species. Where holotype specimens exist for these, they have not yet been examined to determine their identity. [details]
Type locality Belhosse Island, Dahlak Archipelago, Red Sea, Ethiopia; 15 degrees 20 minutes N latitude, 40 degrees 40 minutes E longitude. [details]
Unreviewed
Habitat tropical to temperate, coastal [details]
Language | Name | |
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Afrikaans | Indiese Oseaan stompneusdolfyn | [details] |
Dutch | Indische tuimelaar | [details] |
English | southern bottlenose dolphinIndo-Pacific bottlenose dolphin | [details] |
French | tursiops abusalamgrand dauphin de l'ocean Indien | [details] |
Japanese | ミナミハンドウイルカIndo-shina bando -iruka | [details] |
Sindhi | hum | [details] |
Southern Balochi | hum | [details] |
Spanish | delfín mular del Oceano Indico | [details] |
Telugu | gadamu | [details] |
Thai | plaloma pak khuadplaloma huakhuadbaksan | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (27 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (12 publications) (from synonym Delphinus aduncus Ehrenberg, 1832)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (35 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Tursiops aduncus)
To GenBank (16962 nucleotides; 569 proteins)
To GenBank (16962 nucleotides; 569 proteins) (from synonym Delphinus aduncus Ehrenberg, 1832)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Near Threatened)
To NMNH Extant Collection (MMP STR 22349 Tursiops aduncus - head - right lateral view)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (12 publications) (from synonym Delphinus aduncus Ehrenberg, 1832)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (35 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Tursiops aduncus)
To GenBank (16962 nucleotides; 569 proteins)
To GenBank (16962 nucleotides; 569 proteins) (from synonym Delphinus aduncus Ehrenberg, 1832)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Near Threatened)
To NMNH Extant Collection (MMP STR 22349 Tursiops aduncus - head - right lateral view)
To ITIS