PeRMS taxon details
Delphinus delphis Linnaeus, 1758
137094 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:137094)
accepted
Species
Delphinus capensis Gray, 1828 · unaccepted (synonym)
marine, terrestrial
Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 77 [details] Available for editors
page(s): 77 [details] Available for editors
Note "Oceano Europaeo"
From editor or global species database
Type locality "Oceano Europaeo" [details]
Fordyce, E.; Perrin, W.F. (2025). World Cetacea Database. Delphinus delphis Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed through: Santamaría, J.; Romero, C.; Meza, M. (Eds) (2025) Peruvian Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/Perms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137094 on 2026-10-09
Santamaría, J.; Romero, C.; Meza, M. (Eds) (2026). Peruvian Register of Marine Species. Delphinus delphis Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/Perms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137094 on 2026-10-09
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Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 77 [details] Available for editors
original description (of Delphinus capensis Gray, 1828) Gray, J. E. (1828-1830). <i>Spicilegia zoologica; or, original figures and short systematic descriptions of new and unfigured animals</i>. Treüttel, Würtz & Co. & Wood. Parts I & II: part I, 1–8, pls. 1–6 (1 July 1828); part II, 9–12, pls. 7–11 (August 1830). , available online at https://archive.org/details/b22007556/page/n3/mode/2up
page(s): 1,2 [details]
context source (HKRMS) Jefferson TA. (2005). Monitoring of Indo-Pacific Hampback Dolphin (Sousa chinensis) in Hong Kong waters - Data Analysis. Final report. Submitted to the Agriculture &Fisheries and Conservation Department, The Hong Kong SAR Government. [details]
context source (PeRMS) Reyes, J. (2009). Ballenas, delfines y otros cetáceos del Perú. Una fuente de información. <em>Lima- Perú. Squema-Ediciones.</em> 160 pp. [details]
context source (Bermuda) Sterrer, W. (1986). Marine fauna and flora of Bermuda: a systematic guide to the identification of marine organisms. <em>Wiley-Interscience Publication. Wiley.</em> 742 pp (Nemertini part). [details] Available for editors
additional source Carwardine, M., E. Hoyt, R. E. Fordyce and P. Gill. 1998. Whales, dolphins and porpoises. Time-Life Books. Nature Company Guides, USA. 288 p. [details]
additional 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 [details]
additional source Heyning, J. E. and W. F. Perrin. (1994). Evidence for two species of common dolphins (genus <i>Delphinus</i>)from the eastern North Pacific. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County Contributions in Science 442:1-35., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/p.226804 [details]
additional source IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, available online at http://www.iucnredlist.org [details]
additional source Jefferson, T. A., M. A. Webber and R. L. Pitman. (2008). Marine mammals of the world. Academic Press, Amsterdam. [details]
additional source King, C.M.; Roberts, C.D.; Bell, B.D.; Fordyce, R.E.; Nicoll, R.S.; Worthy, T.H.; Paulin, C.D.; Hitchmough, R.A.; Keyes, I.W.; Baker, A.N.; Stewart, A.L.; Hiller, N.; McDowall, R.M.; Holdaway, R.N.; McPhee, R.P.; Schwarzhans, W.W.; Tennyson, A.J.D.; Rust, S.; Macadie, I. (2009). Phylum Chordata: lancelets, fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> pp. 431-554. [details]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). [Checklist of marine biota of China seas]. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
additional source Mead, J. G.; Brownell, R. L. Jr. (2005). Cetacea. <em>In Wilson, D.E. & D.M. Reeder (eds). Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed), Johns Hopkins University Press, 2,142 pp.</em> 723--743., available online at http://www.bucknell.edu/msw3/ [details]
additional source Perrin, W.F.; Würsig, B.; Thewissen, J.G.M. (2009). Encyclopedia of marine mammals. Second edition. Academic Press: London. ISBN 978-0-12-373553-9. xxix, 1316 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Rice, D. W. (1998). Marine mammals of the world. Systematics and distribution. <em>Society for Marine Mammalogy Special Publication.</em> 4., available online at http://www.marinemammalscience.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/MarineMammalsOfTheWorld.pdf [details]
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]
page(s): 77 [details] Available for editors
original description (of Delphinus capensis Gray, 1828) Gray, J. E. (1828-1830). <i>Spicilegia zoologica; or, original figures and short systematic descriptions of new and unfigured animals</i>. Treüttel, Würtz & Co. & Wood. Parts I & II: part I, 1–8, pls. 1–6 (1 July 1828); part II, 9–12, pls. 7–11 (August 1830). , available online at https://archive.org/details/b22007556/page/n3/mode/2up
page(s): 1,2 [details]
context source (HKRMS) Jefferson TA. (2005). Monitoring of Indo-Pacific Hampback Dolphin (Sousa chinensis) in Hong Kong waters - Data Analysis. Final report. Submitted to the Agriculture &Fisheries and Conservation Department, The Hong Kong SAR Government. [details]
context source (PeRMS) Reyes, J. (2009). Ballenas, delfines y otros cetáceos del Perú. Una fuente de información. <em>Lima- Perú. Squema-Ediciones.</em> 160 pp. [details]
context source (Bermuda) Sterrer, W. (1986). Marine fauna and flora of Bermuda: a systematic guide to the identification of marine organisms. <em>Wiley-Interscience Publication. Wiley.</em> 742 pp (Nemertini part). [details] Available for editors
additional source Carwardine, M., E. Hoyt, R. E. Fordyce and P. Gill. 1998. Whales, dolphins and porpoises. Time-Life Books. Nature Company Guides, USA. 288 p. [details]
additional 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 [details]
additional source Heyning, J. E. and W. F. Perrin. (1994). Evidence for two species of common dolphins (genus <i>Delphinus</i>)from the eastern North Pacific. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County Contributions in Science 442:1-35., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/p.226804 [details]
additional source IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, available online at http://www.iucnredlist.org [details]
additional source Jefferson, T. A., M. A. Webber and R. L. Pitman. (2008). Marine mammals of the world. Academic Press, Amsterdam. [details]
additional source King, C.M.; Roberts, C.D.; Bell, B.D.; Fordyce, R.E.; Nicoll, R.S.; Worthy, T.H.; Paulin, C.D.; Hitchmough, R.A.; Keyes, I.W.; Baker, A.N.; Stewart, A.L.; Hiller, N.; McDowall, R.M.; Holdaway, R.N.; McPhee, R.P.; Schwarzhans, W.W.; Tennyson, A.J.D.; Rust, S.; Macadie, I. (2009). Phylum Chordata: lancelets, fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> pp. 431-554. [details]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). [Checklist of marine biota of China seas]. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
additional source Mead, J. G.; Brownell, R. L. Jr. (2005). Cetacea. <em>In Wilson, D.E. & D.M. Reeder (eds). Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed), Johns Hopkins University Press, 2,142 pp.</em> 723--743., available online at http://www.bucknell.edu/msw3/ [details]
additional source Perrin, W.F.; Würsig, B.; Thewissen, J.G.M. (2009). Encyclopedia of marine mammals. Second edition. Academic Press: London. ISBN 978-0-12-373553-9. xxix, 1316 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Rice, D. W. (1998). Marine mammals of the world. Systematics and distribution. <em>Society for Marine Mammalogy Special Publication.</em> 4., available online at http://www.marinemammalscience.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/MarineMammalsOfTheWorld.pdf [details]
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 Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Distribution circumglobal [details]Holotype None, based on descriptions by authors [details]
IUCN Red List Category Least Concern (LC) [details]
IUCN Red List Category subpopulation Mediterranean common dolphin : Endangered (EN) [details]
Type locality "Oceano Europaeo" [details]
Unreviewed
Diet small fish and cephalopods [details]Dimensions Length: male 1.7-2.2 m (5.5-7'), female 1.5-2 m (5-6.5'), at birth .7 m (2.5') [details]
Distribution East Pacific; Eastern Atlantic Ocean; Indo-West Pacific; Western Atlantic Ocean [details]
Habitat mainly offshore [details]
Habitat oceanic, tropical to temperate [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Afrikaans | gewone dolfyn | [details] |
| Albanian | delfini i zakonshëm | [details] |
| Aleut | angaigik | [details] |
| Basque | marzuplaizurde arrunta | [details] |
| Bulgarian | Обикновен делфинДелфинobiknoven delfin | [details] |
| Catalan | dofí comu | [details] |
| Czech | delfín obecný | [details] |
| Danish | almindelige Delphinalmindelig delfin | [details] |
| Dutch | gewone dolfijndolfijn | [details] |
| English | whitebelly porpoiseshort-beaked saddle-backed dolphinshort-beaked saddleback dolphinshort-beaked common dolphinsea porpoisesaddle-backed dolphinsaddle-back dolphinlong-beaked saddle-back dolphinlong-beaked common dolphincommon dolphinBaja-neritic common dolphin [from synonym] | [details] |
| French | dauphin vulgairedauphin ordinairedauphin delphisdauphin commun à petit becdauphin commun à long bec [from synonym]dauphin commundauphin à bande fauvedauphincamusbec d'oie | [details] |
| German | kurzschnäuziger gemeiner Delphingemeiner DelphinDelphinDelfin | [details] |
| Hebrew | דולפין מובהק | [details] |
| Icelandic | hundfiscurhuisenhofrung | [details] |
| Indonesian | lumba-lumba biasa | [details] |
| Italian | tombarellodelfino comune delfino | [details] |
| Japanese | マイルカハセイルカ [from synonym]tobi irukasuzume-irukama iruka | [details] |
| Kalaallisut | ardlusarsuk | [details] |
| Korean | jjalbeun-buri-cham-dolgoraeginburi-cham-dolgorae [from synonym] | [details] |
| Lithuanian | paprastasis delfinas | [details] |
| Malayalam | chankan eedi | [details] |
| Modern Greek (1453-) | Κοινό δελφίνι | [details] |
| Norwegian | spinghvalspingerspidsnudet delfindolffindelphin | [details] |
| Norwegian Bokmål | gulflankedelfindelfin | [details] |
| Norwegian Nynorsk | gulflankedelfindelfin | [details] |
| Polish | delfin zwyczajnydelfin pospolity | [details] |
| Portuguese | toninha comumgolfinho-comum-de-bico-longo [from synonym]golfinho | [details] |
| Romanian | delfinusdelfinul comun | [details] |
| Russian | обыкновенный дельфиндельфин белобочкаobyknovennyi delfinbyelobochka (Black Sea)byelobochka | [details] |
| Slovenian | navadni delfin | [details] |
| Spanish | tonino de mardelfin tollinodelfin rayadodelfin panza blancadelfín común de rostro largo [from synonym]delfín común de rostro cortodelfín común | [details] |
| Swedish | springaredelphindelfin | [details] |
| Tamil | pomigrapanavai meen | [details] |
| Telugu | ganupuli | [details] |
| Thai | plaloma pak yao [from synonym] | [details] |
| Turkish | yunustyrtaktirtak yunustirtak | [details] |
| Ukrainian | Дельфін білобочкаБілобочка чорноморська | [details] |
| Welsh | dolffin cyffredin | [details] |
Marine Life Information Network - UK
To Barcode of Life (28 barcodes)
To Barcode of Life (9 barcodes) (from synonym Delphinus capensis Gray, 1828)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (43 publications) (from synonym Delphinus capensis Gray, 1828)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (785 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Delphinus capensis Gray, 1828)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To Digital Atlas Of Marine Species & Locations, DAMSL (Common Dolphin (longbeaked)) (from synonym Delphinus capensis Gray, 1828)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Delphinus capensis) (from synonym Delphinus capensis Gray, 1828)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Delphinus delphis)
To GenBank (57470 nucleotides; 41378 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI) (from synonym Delphinus capensis Gray, 1828)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (USNM 550846 Delphinus delphis Radiograph 001)
To NMNH Extant Collection (USNM 572706 Level A datasheet)
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Delphinus capensis Gray, 1828)
To ITIS
To Barcode of Life (28 barcodes)
To Barcode of Life (9 barcodes) (from synonym Delphinus capensis Gray, 1828)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (43 publications) (from synonym Delphinus capensis Gray, 1828)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (785 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Delphinus capensis Gray, 1828)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To Digital Atlas Of Marine Species & Locations, DAMSL (Common Dolphin (longbeaked)) (from synonym Delphinus capensis Gray, 1828)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Delphinus capensis) (from synonym Delphinus capensis Gray, 1828)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Delphinus delphis)
To GenBank (57470 nucleotides; 41378 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI) (from synonym Delphinus capensis Gray, 1828)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (USNM 550846 Delphinus delphis Radiograph 001)
To NMNH Extant Collection (USNM 572706 Level A datasheet)
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Delphinus capensis Gray, 1828)
To ITIS
