WoRMS taxon details
Delphinus delphis delphis Linnaeus, 1758
383558 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:383558)
accepted
Subspecies
Delphinus delphis balteatus Fischer, 1881 · unaccepted (synonym)
Delphinus delphis fusus Fischer, 1881 · unaccepted (synonym)
Delphinus delphis moschatus Fischer, 1881 · unaccepted (synonym)
Delphinus delphis sowerbianus Fischer, 1881 · unaccepted (synonym)
Delphinus delphis variegatus Fischer, 1881 · unaccepted (synonym)
Delphinus sowerbianus Trouessart, 1898 · unaccepted (synonym)
Grampus sowerbianus Trouessart, 1904 · unaccepted (synonym)
marine, terrestrial
Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors 
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Fordyce, E.; Perrin, W.F. (2026). World Cetacea Database. Delphinus delphis delphis Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=383558 on 2026-02-21
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Nomenclature
original description
Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors [request]
[request]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] 
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Grampus sowerbianus Trouessart, 1904)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Delphinus delphis balteatus Fischer, 1881)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Delphinus delphis fusus Fischer, 1881)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Delphinus delphis moschatus Fischer, 1881)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Delphinus delphis variegatus Fischer, 1881)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Delphinus sowerbianus Trouessart, 1898)
To GenBank (6 nucleotides; 78 proteins)
To PESI
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Delphinus delphis balteatus Fischer, 1881)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Delphinus delphis fusus Fischer, 1881)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Delphinus delphis moschatus Fischer, 1881)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Delphinus delphis variegatus Fischer, 1881)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Delphinus sowerbianus Trouessart, 1898)
To GenBank (6 nucleotides; 78 proteins)
To PESI
To ITIS
