WoRMS name details
Lagenorhynchus obliquidens Gill, 1865
254981 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:254981)
unaccepted > junior objective synonym
Species
marine, fresh, terrestrial
Gill, T. (1865). On two species of Delphinidae, from California, in the Smithsonian Institution. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Sept. 1865:177--178. [details]
Note Near San Francisco, California, U.S.A., Type...
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Type locality Near San Francisco, California, U.S.A. [details]
Type material Type locality is “San Francisco, California.” A description of skull characteristics is provided and states that “three skulls of adults of this species, obtained at San Francisco, California, are in the Smithsonian collection.” These skulls exist as syntypes (USNM 1961, 1962, and 1963) at the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of Natural History, Washington, D.C. (Fisher and Ludwig 2016). [details]
Type material Three skulls, U.S. National Museum of Natural History, nos. 1961, 1962, 1963, collected by W. A. Trowbridge, cataloged October 25, 1855. [details]
Fordyce, E.; Perrin, W.F. (2025). World Cetacea Database. Lagenorhynchus obliquidens Gill, 1865. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=254981 on 2025-03-28
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Nomenclature
original description
Gill, T. (1865). On two species of Delphinidae, from California, in the Smithsonian Institution. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Sept. 1865:177--178. [details]
basis of record 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]
basis of record 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]
Taxonomy
taxonomy source
Vollmer, N. L.; Ashe, E.; Brownell, R. L.; Cipriano, F.; Mead, J. G.; Reeves, R. R.; Soldevilla, M. S.; Williams, R. (2019). Taxonomic revision of the dolphin genus Lagenorhynchus. <em>Marine Mammal Science.</em> 35(3): 957-1057., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/mms.12573 [details] Available for editors 
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context source (RAS)
Australian Antarctic Data Centre. , available online at https://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/biodiversity/ [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]
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 Jefferson, T. A., M. A. Webber and R. L. Pitman. (2008). Marine mammals of the world. Academic Press, Amsterdam. [details]
additional source IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, available online at http://www.iucnredlist.org [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 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 [request]
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]
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 Jefferson, T. A., M. A. Webber and R. L. Pitman. (2008). Marine mammals of the world. Academic Press, Amsterdam. [details]
additional source IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, available online at http://www.iucnredlist.org [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 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
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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IUCN Red List Category Least Concern (LC) [details]Type locality Near San Francisco, California, U.S.A. [details]
Type material Type locality is “San Francisco, California.” A description of skull characteristics is provided and states that “three skulls of adults of this species, obtained at San Francisco, California, are in the Smithsonian collection.” These skulls exist as syntypes (USNM 1961, 1962, and 1963) at the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of Natural History, Washington, D.C. (Fisher and Ludwig 2016). [details]
Type material Three skulls, U.S. National Museum of Natural History, nos. 1961, 1962, 1963, collected by W. A. Trowbridge, cataloged October 25, 1855. [details]
Unreviewed
Habitat offshore waters, sometimes near shore [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | striped porpoisePacific white-striped dolphinPacific white-sided dolphinPacific striped dolphinlaghookfin porpoisebottle nose grampus | [details] |
| French | dauphin à flancs blancs du Pacifiqe | [details] |
| Japanese | カマイルカkama iruka | [details] |
| Korean | nat-dolgorae | [details] |
| Russian | tikhookeanskyi belobokyi delfin | [details] |
| Spanish | delfín lagenorringodelfín de costados blancos del Pacífico | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (6 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (72 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Lagenorhynchus obliquidens)
To GenBank (94229 nucleotides; 54726 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (MMP STR19256 Lagenorhynchus obliquidens - Isistius scar - fresh -150925VOY_0435-a)
To NMNH Extant Collection (USNM 504412 Lagenorhynchus obliquidens Radiograph 001)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (72 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Lagenorhynchus obliquidens)
To GenBank (94229 nucleotides; 54726 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (MMP STR19256 Lagenorhynchus obliquidens - Isistius scar - fresh -150925VOY_0435-a)
To NMNH Extant Collection (USNM 504412 Lagenorhynchus obliquidens Radiograph 001)
To ITIS
