The species name acutus is derived from Latin and means “sharp” or “pointed.” [details]

The generic name Lagenorhynchus is derived from the Greek lagenos for “bottle” or “flask” and rhynchus for ... [details]

According to Flower (1884), the holotype of Delphinus (Grampus) acutus Gray, 1828 exists as a skull that was ... [details]

The holotype is in the “Leiden Museum” (Hershkovitz 1966). According to Broekema (1983), the holotype of ... [details]

According to Hershkovitz (1966), the holotype of L. albirostris Gray, 1846 consists of a skeleton and figure of the ... [details]

Leucopleurus acutus: LeDuc et al., 1999:639, Figure 2: First use of current name combination. The new name is based ... [details]

Unjustified emendation. Synonymizes Delphinus obscurus (Gray, 1846), Tursio obscurus Gray, 1866, and Clymene ... [details]

Unavailable name, misidentification (based on habitat of Cape of Good Hope). “Skull like C. obscura, but palate ... [details]

Unavailable name, misidentification. Brief description of the specimen (fetus) is given. Philippi (1896:10, Plate 2 ... [details]

Incorrect subsequent spelling. A misspelling of Delphinus bivittatus Lesson in Lesson and Garnot, 1827. According ... [details]

Name combination. Cassin, in his republication of Peale (1849) and using mostly Peale’s original description, ... [details]

A brief description of a harpooned animal observed at 44ºS by Cape Diemen (south Tasmania) is given; however, a ... [details]

Name combination. Synonymy and taxonomic description are given. [details]

Name combination. Based on similarities in distribution, total body length, tooth count, vertebral count, skull ... [details]

Name combination. New name for Delphinus longidens Cope, 1866 after reexamination of the holotype skull. True also ... [details]

Incorrect subsequent spelling. According to Hershkovitz (1966), this is a “misprint listed in [Tomilin’s] ... [details]

Sagmatias australis: Moreno, 2008:23, Table 2. Name combination. This name appears in a Delphinidae ... [details]

Name Combination. This name appears in a Delphinidae classification modified from LeDuc (2002). Moreno’s use of ... [details]

Schlegel notes the similarity with Gray’s (1828) Delphinus acutus. [details]

According to Hershkovitz (1966), the type locality is “[u]nknown; determined as the Faeroe Islands, North Sea, on ... [details]

No type locality specified [in Eschricht, 1846] but is stated as “N. Atlantic: Denmark” in Hershkovitz (1966) ... [details]

No type locality specified in Reichenbach, 1846. [details]

The holotype was collected from Great Yarmouth, England by T. Brightwell. No type locality was specified by Gray ... [details]

Type locality is “Cape of Good Hope (Layard)” (South Africa). This species is differentiated from Clymene ... [details]

Type locality is “Cape of Good Hope” (South Africa) and the specimen is in the “Mus. Coll. of Surgeons.” ... [details]

Type locality is close to New Holland (Australia) and Cape Horn, Chile as this specimen was collected “quelques ... [details]

Type locality is “Dans les mers orageuses du cap Horn, en allant aux Malouines, à cent quarante lieues de ces ... [details]

No type locality specified but is stated as “Rio de la Plata” (Argentina) by Jacquinot and Pucheran (1853). The ... [details]

Type locality is between “Nouvelle-Hollande et le cap Horn” (New Holland [Australia] and Cape Horn [Chile]) in ... [details]

Type locality is “in the Bay of St. Joseph” and “coast of Patagonia, Lat. 42º300 ” (Argentina). External ... [details]

No type locality specified. Hershkovitz (1966) states the type locality as the “Gulf of Christiania” (Norway) ... [details]

No type locality specified. A description and some measurements of the skull are provided and states “Habitat ... [details]

Concerning the holotype, it is stated that “Nothing is known about this specimen. Off coast of Patagonia, one ... [details]

No type locality specified. There is no text or description, only a drawing of the skull labeled with the name. ... [details]

Type locality is “near the same locality as the last” (near Portland, Maine, U.S.A.). Description with ... [details]

Type locality is “San Francisco, California.” A description of skull characteristics is provided and states ... [details]

Type locality is “in the Nemoro Sea, 15–20 miles east of the South Kuril Cape (Kunashir Island).” A thorough ... [details]

Type locality is “near Portland, Maine” U.S.A. Description with measurements is given. The lectotype, ... [details]

Type locality is “the South Atlantic Ocean, off the coast of Patagonia.” Short description and external ... [details]

Type locality is “the seas about the Cape of Good Hope.” Description of external characteristics of a black and ... [details]

Type locality is “48º100 latit. sur i 77º lonjit. oeste” (48º100 latitude south and 77º longitude west) in ... [details]

Description, measurements (p. 41), and drawing (skull p. 43) of a dolphin collected from “?en Amsterdam i det ... [details]

No type locality specified. Description and measurements of the holotype (skull only) is provided. The type ... [details]

Type locality is “no mui distante de Ancud” (translated as: not very far from Ancud [Chile]). Description and ... [details]