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Delphinus Linnaeus, 1758 
AphiaID: 137015

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Tetrapoda (Superclass) > Mammalia (Class) > Theria (Subclass) > Cetartiodactyla (Order) > Cetancodonta (Suborder) > Cetacea (Infraorder) > Odontoceti (Superfamily) > Delphinidae (Family)
Status accepted
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Parent Delphinidae Gray, 1821
Synonymised
taxa
  Delphinus (Delphis) Gray, 1864 (preoccupied)
Eudelphinus Van Beneden & Gervais, 1880 (synonym)
Rhinodelphis Wagner, 1846 (synonym)
Sources  original description: Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae. ii, 824 pp., available online at http://gdz.sub.uni-goettingen.de/no_cache/dms/load/toc/?IDDOC=265100 [details]

basis of record: van der Land, J. (2001). Tetrapoda, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 375-376 (look up in IMIS[details]

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English common dolphins  [details]
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 Subgenus Delphinus (Chaenodelphinus)
  » Species Delphinus (Chaenodelphinus) edentulus Wagner, 1846 accepted as Hyperoodon ampullatus (Forster, 1770)
Subgenus Delphinus (Delphinapterus)
  » Species Delphinus (Delphinapterus) kingii Gray, 1827 accepted as Delphinapterus leucas (Pallas, 1776)
Subgenus Delphinus (Delphinorhynchus)
  » Species Delphinus (Delphinorhynchus) geoffrensis de Blainville, 1817 represented as Delphinus geoffrensis de Blainville, 1817 accepted as Inia geoffrensis (de Blainville, 1817) (alternate representation)
» Species Delphinus (Delphinorhynchus) geoffroyi Desmarest, 1822 represented as Delphinus geoffroyi Desmarest, 1822 accepted as Inia geoffrensis (de Blainville, 1817) (alternate representation)
» Species Delphinus (Delphinorhynchus) pernettensis Blainville in Desmarest, 1817 (unaccepted, suppressed)
Subgenus Delphinus (Grampus)
  » Species Delphinus (Grampus) acutus Gray, 1828 represented as Lagenorhynchus acutus (Gray, 1828) (alternate representation)
» Species Delphinus (Grampus) griseus Gray, 1828 represented as Delphinus griseus Gray, 1828 accepted as Grampus griseus (G. Cuvier, 1812) (alternate representation)
» Species Delphinus (Grampus) heavisidii Gray, 1828 represented as Delphinus heavisidii Gray, 1828 accepted as Cephalorhynchus heavisidii (Gray, 1828) (alternate representation)
» Species Delphinus (Grampus) obscurus Gray, 1828 represented as Delphinus obscurus Gray, 1828 accepted as Lagenorhynchus obscurus (Gray, 1828) (alternate representation)
Subgenus Delphinus (Lagenorhynchus)
  » Species Delphinus (Lagenorhynchus) fusiformis Owen, 1866 accepted as Peponocephala electra (Gray, 1846)
Subgenus Delphinus (Phocaena)
  » Species Delphinus (Phocaena) phocaena Gray, 1828 accepted as Phocoena phocoena (Linnaeus, 1758)
Subgenus Delphinus (Sotalia)
  » Species Delphinus (Sotalia) guianensis Van Beneden, 1868 represented as Delphinus guianensis Van Beneden, 1864 accepted as Sotalia guianensis (Van Beneden, 1864) (alternate representation)
Subgenus Delphinus (Steno)
  » Species Delphinus (Steno) gadamu Owen, 1866 (nomen dubium, incertae sedis)
» Species Delphinus (Steno) maculiventer Owen, 1846 (nomen dubium, incertae sedis)
» Species Delphinus (Steno) lentiginosus Owen, 1866 accepted as Sousa chinensis (Osbeck, 1765)
» Species Delphinus (Steno) perspicillatus Peters, 1876 accepted as Steno bredanensis (G. Cuvier in Lesson, 1828)
Subgenus Delphinus (Tursio)
  » Species Delphinus (Tursio) cymodoce Burmeister, 1867 accepted as Tursiops truncatus (Montagu, 1821)
» Species Delphinus (Tursio) obscurus Burmeister, 1867 accepted as Lagenorhynchus obscurus (Gray, 1828)
Species Delphinus capensis Gray, 1828
Species Delphinus delphis Linnaeus, 1758

Species Delphinus abusalam Ruppell, 1842 (nomen dubium, incertae sedis)
Species Delphinus anarnacus Desmarest, 1822 (nomen dubium, incertae sedis)
Species Delphinus bertini Desmarest, 1817 (nomen dubium, incertae sedis)
Species Delphinus bonnaterrei Tiedemann, 1808 (nomen dubium, incertae sedis)
Species Delphinus boryi Desmarest, 1822 (nomen dubium, incertae sedis)
Species Delphinus caerulescens Giglioli, 1874 (nomen dubium, incertae sedis)
Species Delphinus capensis Rapp, 1837 (nomen dubium, incertae sedis)
Species Delphinus carbonarius Wagner, 1846 (nomen dubium, incertae sedis)
Species Delphinus coronatus Freminville, 1812 (nomen dubium, incertae sedis)
Species Delphinus cymodice Cabrera, 1961 (nomen dubium, incertae sedis)
Species Delphinus cymodoce Gray, 1846 (nomen dubium, incertae sedis)
Species Delphinus epiodon Desmarest, 1822 (nomen dubium, incertae sedis)
Species Delphinus eurynome Gray, 1846 (nomen dubium, incertae sedis)
Species Delphinus fabricii Billberg, 1828 (nomen dubium, incertae sedis)
Species Delphinus feres Bonnaterre, 1789 (nomen dubium, incertae sedis)
Species Delphinus hamatus Wiegmann in Schreber & Wagner, 1846 (nomen dubium, incertae sedis)
Species Delphinus harlani Fischer, 1829 (nomen dubium, incertae sedis)
Species Delphinus leucocephalus Lesson, 1826 (nomen dubium, incertae sedis)
Species Delphinus livittatus F. Cuvier, 1836 (nomen dubium)
Species Delphinus maculatus Lesson & Garnot, 1826 (nomen dubium, incertae sedis)
Species Delphinus minimus Lesson, 1826 (nomen dubium, incertae sedis)
Species Delphinus nesarnac Lesson, 1827 (nomen dubium, incertae sedis)
Species Delphinus niger Lacépède, 1818 (nomen dubium, incertae sedis)
Species Delphinus perniger Blyth, 1848 (nomen dubium, incertae sedis)
Species Delphinus pomeegra Owen, 1866 (nomen dubium)
Species Delphinus rappii Reichenbach, 1845 (nomen dubium, incertae sedis)
Species Delphinus rhinoceros Quoy & Gaimard, 1824 (nomen dubium, incertae sedis)
Species Delphinus roseiventris Ogawa, 1932 (nomen dubium, incertae sedis)
Species Delphinus salam Van Beneden, 1886 (nomen dubium, incertae sedis)
Species Delphinus siculus Rafinesque, 1810 (nomen dubium, incertae sedis)
Species Delphinus symodice Gray, 1870 (nomen dubium, incertae sedis)
Species Delphinus tursio Fabricius, 1780 (nomen dubium, incertae sedis)
Species Delphinus walkeri Gray, 1866 (nomen dubium, incertae sedis)

Species Delphinus attenuatus Gray, 1843 (nomen nudum)
Species Delphinus clymene Gray, 1847 (nomen nudum)
Species Delphinus compressus Gray, 1843 (nomen nudum)
Species Delphinus dubius G. Cuvier, 1812 (nomen nudum)
Species Delphinus malayanus Lesson, 1826 (nomen nudum)

Subgenus Delphinus (Clymene) Gray, 1864 accepted as Stenella Gray, 1866
Subgenus Delphinus (Delphis) Gray, 1864 accepted as Delphinus Linnaeus, 1758
Species Delphinus acutus Gray, 1828 accepted as Lagenorhynchus acutus (Gray, 1828)
Species Delphinus aduncus Ehrenberg, 1832 accepted as Tursiops aduncus (Ehrenberg, 1832 [1833])
Species Delphinus aires G. Cuvier, 1812 accepted as Grampus griseus (G. Cuvier, 1812)
Species Delphinus albians Nilsson, 1820 accepted as Delphinapterus leucas (Pallas, 1776)
Species Delphinus albicans Fabricius, 1780 accepted as Delphinapterus leucas (Pallas, 1776)
Species Delphinus albigena Quoy & Gaimard, 1824 accepted as Lagenorhynchus cruciger (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824)
Species Delphinus albimanus Peale, 1848 accepted as Delphinus delphis Linnaeus, 1758
Species Delphinus albirostratus Peale, 1848 accepted as Stenella attenuata (Gray, 1846)
Species Delphinus albirostris Gray, 1846 accepted as Lagenorhynchus albirostris (Gray, 1846)
Species Delphinus algeriensis Loche, 1860 accepted as Delphinus delphis Linnaeus, 1758
Species Delphinus alope Gray, 1846 accepted as Stenella longirostris (Gray, 1828)
Species Delphinus amazonicus Spix & Martius, 1831 accepted as Inia geoffrensis (de Blainville, 1817)
Species Delphinus amphitriteus Philippi, 1893 accepted as Stenella coeruleoalba (Meyen, 1833)
Species Delphinus asthenops Cope, 1865 accepted as Stenella coeruleoalba (Meyen, 1833)
Species Delphinus bairdi Norris & Prescott, 1961 accepted as Delphinus capensis Gray, 1828
Species Delphinus bairdii Dall, 1873 accepted as Delphinus capensis Gray, 1828
Species Delphinus bayeri Risso, 1826 accepted as Physeter macrocephalus Linnaeus, 1758
Species Delphinus bicolor Gray, 1846 accepted as Lissodelphis peronii (Lacépède, 1804)
Species Delphinus bidens Shaw, 1801 accepted as Hyperoodon ampullatus (Forster, 1770)
Species Delphinus bidentatus Bonnaterre, 1789 accepted as Hyperoodon ampullatus (Forster, 1770)
Species Delphinus bivittatus Lesson & Garnot, 1826 accepted as Lagenorhynchus cruciger (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824)
Species Delphinus blainvillei Gervais & d'Orbigny, 1844 accepted as Pontoporia blainvillei (Gervais & d'Orbigny, 1844)
Species Delphinus bredanensis G. Cuvier in Lesson, 1828 accepted as Steno bredanensis (G. Cuvier in Lesson, 1828)
Species Delphinus breviceps Wagner, 1846 accepted as Lagenorhynchus obscurus (Gray, 1828)
Species Delphinus brevimanus Wagner, 1846 accepted as Stenella attenuata (Gray, 1846)
Species Delphinus butskode Blainville, in Demarest, 1817 accepted as Hyperoodon ampullatus (Forster, 1770)
Species Delphinus butskopf Bonnaterre, 1789 accepted as Hyperoodon ampullatus (Forster, 1770)
Species Delphinus canadensis Desmarest, 1822 accepted as Delphinapterus leucas (Pallas, 1776)
Species Delphinus capensis G. Cuvier, 1829 accepted as Cephalorhynchus heavisidii (Gray, 1828)
Species Delphinus cephalorhynchus F. Cuvier, 1836 accepted as Cephalorhynchus heavisidii (Gray, 1828)
Species Delphinus chamissonis Wiegmann, in Schreber & Wagner, 1846 accepted as Steno bredanensis (G. Cuvier in Lesson, 1828)
Species Delphinus chemnitzianus Blainville, in Demarest, 1817 accepted as Hyperoodon ampullatus (Forster, 1770)
Species Delphinus chilensis Philippi, 1896 accepted as Lagenorhynchus australis (Peale, 1848)
Species Delphinus chinensis Osbeck, 1765 accepted as Sousa chinensis (Osbeck, 1765)
Species Delphinus clymene Gray, 1850 accepted as Stenella clymene (Gray, 1850)
Species Delphinus coeruleoalbus Meyen, 1833 accepted as Stenella coeruleoalba (Meyen, 1833)
Species Delphinus commersonii Lacépède, 1804 accepted as Cephalorhynchus commersonii (Lacépède, 1804)
Species Delphinus compressicauda Lesson, 1828 accepted as Tursiops truncatus (Montagu, 1821)
Species Delphinus compressus Gray, 1846 accepted as Steno bredanensis (G. Cuvier in Lesson, 1828)
Species Delphinus crotaphiscus Cope, 1865 accepted as Stenella coeruleoalba (Meyen, 1833)
Species Delphinus cruciger d'Orbigny & Gervais, 1847 accepted as Lagenorhynchus cruciger (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824)
Species Delphinus cruciger Quoy & Gaimard, 1824 accepted as Lagenorhynchus cruciger (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824)
Species Delphinus deductor Scoresby, 1820 accepted as Globicephala melas (Traill, 1809)
Species Delphinus delphus Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Delphinus delphis Linnaeus, 1758
Species Delphinus densirostris Blainville, 1817 accepted as Mesoplodon densirostris (de Blainville, 1817)
Species Delphinus desmaresti Risso, 1826 accepted as Ziphius cavirostris Cuvier, 1823
Species Delphinus diodon Lacépède, 1804 accepted as Hyperoodon ampullatus (Forster, 1770)
Species Delphinus doris Gray, 1846 accepted as Stenella frontalis (Cuvier, 1829)
Species Delphinus duhameli Lacépède, 1804 accepted as Orcinus orca (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Delphinus dussumieri Blanford, 1891 accepted as Delphinus capensis Gray, 1828
Species Delphinus edentulus Schreber, 1802 accepted as Hyperoodon ampullatus (Forster, 1770)
Species Delphinus erebennus Cope, 1865 accepted as Tursiops truncatus (Montagu, 1821)
Species Delphinus eschrichtii Schlegel, 1841 accepted as Lagenorhynchus acutus (Gray, 1828)
Species Delphinus euphrosyne Gray, 1846 accepted as Stenella coeruleoalba (Meyen, 1833)
Species Delphinus eutropia Gray, 1846 accepted as Cephalorhynchus eutropia Gray, 1846
Species Delphinus fitzroyi Waterhouse, 1838 accepted as Lagenorhynchus obscurus (Gray, 1828)
Species Delphinus fluviatilis Gervais & Deville in Gervais, 1853 accepted as Sotalia fluviatilis (Gervais & Deville in Gervais, 1853)
Species Delphinus forsteri Gray, 1846 accepted as Delphinus delphis Linnaeus, 1758
Species Delphinus fraenatus F. Cuvier, 1836 accepted as Stenella frontalis (Cuvier, 1829)
Species Delphinus frenatus Gray, 1846 accepted as Stenella frontalis (Cuvier, 1829)
Species Delphinus frithii Blyth, 1859 accepted as Delphinus capensis Gray, 1828
Species Delphinus frontalis G. Cuvier, 1829 accepted as Stenella frontalis (Cuvier, 1829)
Species Delphinus frontatus Cuvier, 1823 accepted as Steno bredanensis (G. Cuvier in Lesson, 1828)
Species Delphinus frontatus G. Cuvier, 1823 accepted as Inia geoffrensis (de Blainville, 1817)
Species Delphinus fulvifasciatus Wagner, 1846 accepted as Delphinus delphis Linnaeus, 1758
Species Delphinus fulvofasciatus True, 1889 accepted as Delphinus delphis Linnaeus, 1758
Species Delphinus gangetica Lebeck, 1801 accepted as Platanista gangetica gangetica Roxburgh, 1801
Species Delphinus gangetica Roxburgh, 1801 accepted as Platanista gangetica (Lebeck, 1801)
Species Delphinus gangeticus G. Cuvier, 1823 accepted as Platanista gangetica gangetica Roxburgh, 1801
Species Delphinus geoffrensis de Blainville, 1817 accepted as Inia geoffrensis (de Blainville, 1817)
Species Delphinus geoffroyi Spix & Martius, 1831 accepted as Inia geoffrensis (de Blainville, 1817)
Species Delphinus geoffroyi Desmarest, 1822 accepted as Inia geoffrensis (de Blainville, 1817)
Species Delphinus gladiator Bonnaterre, 1789 accepted as Orcinus orca (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Delphinus globiceps Temminck, 1841 accepted as Globicephala melas (Traill, 1809)
Species Delphinus globiceps G. Cuvier, 1812 accepted as Globicephala melas (Traill, 1809)
Species Delphinus grampus Blainville, 1817 accepted as Orcinus orca (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Delphinus grampus Gray, 1846 accepted as Globicephala melas (Traill, 1809)
Species Delphinus grinda Lyngbye, 1824 accepted as Globicephala melas (Traill, 1809)
Species Delphinus griseus G. Cuvier, 1812 accepted as Grampus griseus (G. Cuvier, 1812)
Species Delphinus griseus Gray, 1828 accepted as Grampus griseus (G. Cuvier, 1812)
Species Delphinus guianensis Van Beneden, 1864 accepted as Sotalia guianensis (Van Beneden, 1864)
Species Delphinus guyanensis Van Beneden, 1868 accepted as Sotalia guianensis (Van Beneden, 1864)
Species Delphinus hastatus F. Cuvier, 1836 accepted as Cephalorhynchus heavisidii (Gray, 1828)
Species Delphinus heavisidii Gray, 1828 accepted as Cephalorhynchus heavisidii (Gray, 1828)
Species Delphinus holbolli Eschricht, 1847 accepted as Stenella coeruleoalba (Meyen, 1833)
Species Delphinus hunteri Desmarest, 1822 accepted as Hyperoodon ampullatus (Forster, 1770)
Species Delphinus hyperoodon Desmarest, 1822 accepted as Hyperoodon ampullatus (Forster, 1770)
Species Delphinus ibseni Eschricht, 1846 accepted as Lagenorhynchus albirostris (Gray, 1846)
Species Delphinus inia Rapp, 1837 accepted as Inia geoffrensis (de Blainville, 1817)
Species Delphinus intermedius Gray, 1827 accepted as Feresa attenuata Gray, 1874
Species Delphinus janira Gray, 1846 accepted as Delphinus delphis Linnaeus, 1758
Species Delphinus lateralis Peale, 1848 accepted as Stenella coeruleoalba (Meyen, 1833)
Species Delphinus leucas Pallas, 1776 accepted as Delphinapterus leucas (Pallas, 1776)
Species Delphinus leucaster Gray, 1821 accepted as Delphinapterus leucas (Pallas, 1776)
Species Delphinus leucopleurus Rasch, 1843 accepted as Lagenorhynchus acutus (Gray, 1828)
Species Delphinus leucoramphus Lacépède, 1804 accepted as Lissodelphis peronii (Lacépède, 1804)
Species Delphinus leucorhamphus Gervais, 1868-1880 accepted as Lissodelphis peronii (Lacépède, 1804)
Species Delphinus longidens Cope, 1866 accepted as Lagenorhynchus obliquidens Gill, 1865
Species Delphinus longirostris Gray, 1828 accepted as Stenella longirostris (Gray, 1828)
Species Delphinus longirostris G. Cuvier, 1829 accepted as Delphinus capensis Gray, 1828
Species Delphinus loriger Wiegmann, 1846 accepted as Delphinus delphis Linnaeus, 1758
Species Delphinus lunatus Lesson, 1826 accepted as Cephalorhynchus eutropia Gray, 1846
Species Delphinus major Gray, 1866 accepted as Delphinus capensis Gray, 1828
Species Delphinus malayanus Schlegel, 1841 accepted as Stenella attenuata (Gray, 1846)
Species Delphinus marginatus Desmarest, 1856 accepted as Stenella coeruleoalba (Meyen, 1833)
Species Delphinus marginatus Lafont, 1868 accepted as Delphinus delphis Linnaeus, 1758
Species Delphinus mediterraneus Loche, 1860 accepted as Stenella coeruleoalba (Meyen, 1833)
Species Delphinus melas Traill, 1809 accepted as Globicephala melas (Traill, 1809)
Species Delphinus melas Temminck, 1841 accepted as Neophocaena phocaenoides (Cuvier, 1829)
Species Delphinus metis [No.1] Gray, 1846 accepted as Tursiops truncatus (Montagu, 1821)
Species Delphinus metis [No.2] Gray, 1846 accepted as Stenella clymene (Gray, 1850)
Species Delphinus microbrachium Gray, 1850 accepted as Stenella attenuata (Gray, 1846)
Species Delphinus microps Gray, 1846 accepted as Stenella longirostris (Gray, 1828)
Species Delphinus microps Burmeister, 1866 accepted as Delphinus capensis Gray, 1828
Species Delphinus micropteron Tomilin, 1957 accepted as Mesoplodon bidens (Sowerby, 1804)
Species Delphinus micropterus G. Cuvier, 1829 accepted as Mesoplodon bidens (Sowerby, 1804)
Species Delphinus moorei Gray, 1866 accepted as Delphinus capensis Gray, 1828
Species Delphinus nesarnack Lacépède, 1804 accepted as Tursiops truncatus (Montagu, 1821)
Species Delphinus nesarnak Reichenback, 1846 accepted as Tursiops truncatus (Montagu, 1821)
Species Delphinus novaezealandiae Gray, 1850 accepted as Delphinus delphis Linnaeus, 1758
Species Delphinus novaezeelandiae Wagner, 1846 accepted as Delphinus delphis Linnaeus, 1758
Species Delphinus novaezelandiae Quoy & Gaimard, 1830 accepted as Delphinus delphis Linnaeus, 1758
Species Delphinus obscurus Gray, 1828 accepted as Lagenorhynchus obscurus (Gray, 1828)
Species Delphinus orca Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Orcinus orca (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Delphinus orca Temminck & Schlegel, 1841 accepted as Grampus griseus (G. Cuvier, 1812)
Species Delphinus oxyrhynchus Gray, 1850 accepted as Steno bredanensis (G. Cuvier in Lesson, 1828)
Species Delphinus pallidus Gervais, 1855 accepted as Sotalia fluviatilis (Gervais & Deville in Gervais, 1853)
Species Delphinus parvimanus Lutken, 1887 accepted as Tursiops truncatus (Montagu, 1821)
Species Delphinus pectoralis Peale, 1848 accepted as Peponocephala electra (Gray, 1846)
Species Delphinus pernettyensis Philippi, 1893 (unaccepted, suppressed)
Species Delphinus pernettyi Desmarest, 1822 (unaccepted, suppressed)
Species Delphinus pernetyi True, 1885 (unaccepted, suppressed)
Species Delphinus peroni Reed, 1904 accepted as Lissodelphis peronii (Lacépède, 1804)
Species Delphinus peronii Lacépède, 1804 accepted as Lissodelphis peronii (Lacépède, 1804)
Species Delphinus philippii Cocco, 1846 accepted as Ziphius cavirostris Cuvier, 1823
Species Delphinus phocaena Muller, 1776 accepted as Phocoena phocoena (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Delphinus phocaenoides G. Cuvier, 1829 accepted as Neophocaena phocaenoides (Cuvier, 1829)
Species Delphinus phocoena Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Phocoena phocoena (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Delphinus plagiodon Cope, 1866 accepted as Stenella frontalis (Cuvier, 1829)
Species Delphinus planiceps Van Breda, 1829 accepted as Steno bredanensis (G. Cuvier in Lesson, 1828)
Species Delphinus plumbeus G. Cuvier, 1829 accepted as Sousa chinensis (Osbeck, 1765)
Species Delphinus pseudodelphis Wiegmann in Wagner, 1840 accepted as Stenella attenuata (Gray, 1846)
Species Delphinus pseudotursio Reichenbach, 1846 accepted as Lagenorhynchus albirostris (Gray, 1846)
Species Delphinus punctatus Gray, 1866 accepted as Stenella attenuata (Gray, 1846)
Species Delphinus reinwardtii Schlegel, 1841 accepted as Steno bredanensis (G. Cuvier in Lesson, 1828)
Species Delphinus risso Risso, 1826 accepted as Grampus griseus (G. Cuvier, 1812)
Species Delphinus rissoanus Desmarest, 1822 accepted as Grampus griseus (G. Cuvier, 1812)
Species Delphinus rissoi Gervais, 1859 accepted as Grampus griseus (G. Cuvier, 1812)
Species Delphinus roseiventris Wagner, 1846 accepted as Stenella longirostris (Gray, 1828)
Species Delphinus rostrats F. Cuvier, 1836 accepted as Platanista gangetica (Lebeck, 1801)
Species Delphinus rostratus Desmarest, 1817 accepted as Steno bredanensis (G. Cuvier in Lesson, 1828)
Species Delphinus rostratus G. Cuvier, 1812 accepted as Inia geoffrensis (de Blainville, 1817)
Species Delphinus rostratus Shaw, 1801 accepted as Platanista gangetica (Lebeck, 1801)
Species Delphinus sao Gray, 1850 accepted as Delphinus capensis Gray, 1828
Species Delphinus schawensis F. Cuvier, 1836 accepted as Platanista gangetica (Lebeck, 1801)
Species Delphinus serra Borowski, 1780 accepted as Orcinus orca (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Delphinus shawensis Blainville, 1817 accepted as Platanista gangetica (Lebeck, 1801)
Species Delphinus sinensis Desmarest, 1822 accepted as Sousa chinensis (Osbeck, 1765)
Species Delphinus sowerbensis Blainville, 1817 accepted as Mesoplodon bidens (Sowerby, 1804)
Species Delphinus sowerbi Eschricht, 1851 accepted as Mesoplodon bidens (Sowerby, 1804)
Species Delphinus sowerbianus Trouessart, 1898 accepted as Delphinus delphis delphis Linnaeus, 1758
Species Delphinus sowerbyensis Eschricht, 1852 accepted as Mesoplodon bidens (Sowerby, 1804)
Species Delphinus sowerbyi Desmarest, 1822 accepted as Mesoplodon bidens (Sowerby, 1804)
Species Delphinus stenorhynchus Gray, 1866 accepted as Stenella longirostris (Gray, 1828)
Species Delphinus styx Gray, 1846 accepted as Stenella coeruleoalba (Meyen, 1833)
Species Delphinus superciliosus Lesson & Garnot, 1826 accepted as Lagenorhynchus obscurus (Gray, 1828)
Species Delphinus tethyos Gervais, 1853 accepted as Stenella coeruleoalba (Meyen, 1833)
Species Delphinus tridens Van Beneden, 1873 accepted as Cephalorhynchus heavisidii (Gray, 1828)
Species Delphinus troncatus F. Cuvier, 1836 accepted as Tursiops truncatus (Montagu, 1821)
Species Delphinus tropicalis Van Bree, 1971 accepted as Delphinus capensis tropicalis Jefferson & Van Waerebeek, 2002
Species Delphinus truncatus Montagu, 1821 accepted as Tursiops truncatus (Montagu, 1821)
Species Delphinus tuchuschi Van Beneden & Gervais, 1880 accepted as Sotalia fluviatilis (Gervais & Deville in Gervais, 1853)
Species Delphinus tursio Bonnaterre, 1789 accepted as Tursiops truncatus (Montagu, 1821)
Species Delphinus tursio Brightwell, 1846 accepted as Lagenorhynchus albirostris (Gray, 1846)
Species Delphinus velox G. Cuvier, 1829 accepted as Stenella attenuata (Gray, 1846)
Species Delphinus ventricosus Lacépède, 1804 accepted as Phocoena phocoena (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Delphinus victorini Grill, 1858 accepted as Orcinus orca (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Delphinus vulgaris Lacépède, 1804 accepted as Delphinus delphis Linnaeus, 1758
Species Delphinus zelandae Gray, 1853 accepted as Delphinus delphis Linnaeus, 1758
Environment marine
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Van Beneden & Gervais (1880, pl. 34)
Van Beneden & Gervais (1880, pl. 34)
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Van Beneden & Gervais (1880, pl. 40)
Van Beneden & Gervais (1880, pl. 40)
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Van Beneden & Gervais (1880, pl. 57)
Van Beneden & Gervais (1880, pl. 57)
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Van Beneden & Gervais (1880, pl. 60)
Van Beneden & Gervais (1880, pl. 60)
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LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:137015
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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  van der Land, Jacob
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  Citation: Perrin, W. (2013). Delphinus. In: Perrin, W.F. (2013) World Cetacea Database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137015 on 2013-06-19
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