WoRMS name details
Delphinus rhinoceros Quoy & Gaimard, 1824
384470 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:384470)
uncertain > nomen dubium (incertae sedis)
Species
marine, terrestrial
Quoy, J. R. C.; Gaimard, J. P. (1824). Description des Poissons. Chapter IX. <em>In: Freycinet, L. de, Voyage autour du Monde...exécuté sur les corvettes de L. M.</em> 192-401 [1-328 in 1824; 329-616 in 1825], Atlas pls. 43-65., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40871183#page/204/mode/1up [details]
Status Cetacea incertae sedis.
Under this major heading Delphinus rhinoceros is given on page 198 of Hershkovitz, P. (1966).
Under this major heading Delphinus rhinoceros is given on page 198 of Hershkovitz, P. (1966).
Status Cetacea incertae sedis.
Under this major heading Delphinus rhinoceros is given on page 198 of Hershkovitz, P. (1966).
Delphinus rhinoceros Quoy and Gaimard, 1824, Voyage Uranie, Zool., p. 86, pl. 11, fig. 1 (animal) [N. Pacific (type locality: 5°28' N., between the Hawaiian Islands and Australia); type an animal seen at sea].
Oxypterus rhinoceros, Lesson, 1827, Manuel Mamm., p. 411 [classification]; 1828, Complement des oeuvres de Buffon, p. 249 [characters].
REMARKS: Described as twice the size of a common porpoise and with two dorsal fins
[details]
Under this major heading Delphinus rhinoceros is given on page 198 of Hershkovitz, P. (1966).
Delphinus rhinoceros Quoy and Gaimard, 1824, Voyage Uranie, Zool., p. 86, pl. 11, fig. 1 (animal) [N. Pacific (type locality: 5°28' N., between the Hawaiian Islands and Australia); type an animal seen at sea].
Oxypterus rhinoceros, Lesson, 1827, Manuel Mamm., p. 411 [classification]; 1828, Complement des oeuvres de Buffon, p. 249 [characters].
REMARKS: Described as twice the size of a common porpoise and with two dorsal fins
[details]
Fordyce, E.; Perrin, W.F. (2024). World Cetacea Database. Delphinus rhinoceros Quoy & Gaimard, 1824. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=384470 on 2024-05-01
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original description
Quoy, J. R. C.; Gaimard, J. P. (1824). Description des Poissons. Chapter IX. <em>In: Freycinet, L. de, Voyage autour du Monde...exécuté sur les corvettes de L. M.</em> 192-401 [1-328 in 1824; 329-616 in 1825], Atlas pls. 43-65., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40871183#page/204/mode/1up [details]
status 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
page(s): 198 [details]
status 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
page(s): 198 [details]
From editor or global species database
Status Cetacea incertae sedis.Under this major heading Delphinus rhinoceros is given on page 198 of Hershkovitz, P. (1966).
Delphinus rhinoceros Quoy and Gaimard, 1824, Voyage Uranie, Zool., p. 86, pl. 11, fig. 1 (animal) [N. Pacific (type locality: 5°28' N., between the Hawaiian Islands and Australia); type an animal seen at sea].
Oxypterus rhinoceros, Lesson, 1827, Manuel Mamm., p. 411 [classification]; 1828, Complement des oeuvres de Buffon, p. 249 [characters].
REMARKS: Described as twice the size of a common porpoise and with two dorsal fins
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