WoRMS name details
Beluga Rafinesque, 1815
383457 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:383457)
unaccepted (synonym)
Genus
- Species Beluga angustata Cope, 1866 accepted as Delphinapterus leucas (Pallas, 1776) (synonym)
- Species Beluga borealis Lesson, 1828 accepted as Delphinapterus leucas (Pallas, 1776) (synonym)
- Species Beluga canadensis J. A. Allen, 1869 accepted as Delphinapterus leucas (Pallas, 1776) (synonym)
- Species Beluga catodon Gray, 1846 accepted as Delphinapterus leucas (Pallas, 1776) (synonym)
- Species Beluga concreta Cope, 1865 accepted as Delphinapterus leucas (Pallas, 1776) (synonym)
- Species Beluga declivis Cope, 1865 accepted as Delphinapterus leucas (Pallas, 1776) (synonym)
- Species Beluga glacialis Lesson, 1828 accepted as Delphinapterus leucas (Pallas, 1776) (synonym)
- Species Beluga kingii Gray, 1846 accepted as Delphinapterus leucas (Pallas, 1776) (synonym)
- Species Beluga rhinodon Cope, 1865 accepted as Delphinapterus leucas (Pallas, 1776) (synonym)
- Species Beluga kingii Hector, 1873 (uncertain > nomen dubium, incertae sedis)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Not documented
Fordyce, E.; Perrin, W.F. (2025). World Cetacea Database. Beluga Rafinesque, 1815. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=383457 on 2025-05-10
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