WoRMS taxon details
Peponocephala electra (Gray, 1846)
137103 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:137103)
accepted
Species
Delphinus (Lagenorhynchus) fusiformis Owen, 1866 · unaccepted (synonym)
Delphinus pectoralis Peale, 1848 · unaccepted (synonym)
Electra asia Gray, 1868 · unaccepted (synonym)
Electra electra Nakajima & Nishiwaki, 1965 · unaccepted (synonym)
Electra fusiformis Gray, 1868 · unaccepted (synonym)
Electra obtusa Gray, 1868 · unaccepted (synonym)
Lagenorhynchus asia Gray, 1846 · unaccepted (synonym)
Lagenorhynchus electra Gray, 1846 · unaccepted (basionym)
Lagenorhynchus pectoralis Cassin, 1858 · unaccepted (synonym)
marine, terrestrial
(of Lagenorhynchus electra Gray, 1846) Gray J.E. (1846). Zoology of the voyage of H.M.S. Erebus and Terror. Volume 1: Mammalia and Birds. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6957416
page(s): 35, pl. 13 [details]
page(s): 35, pl. 13 [details]
Note Unknown.
From editor or global species database
Type locality Unknown. [details]
Distribution in tropical and subtropical oceanic waters between 40ºN and 35ºS
Distribution in tropical and subtropical oceanic waters between 40ºN and 35ºS [details]
Fordyce, E.; Perrin, W.F. (2024). World Cetacea Database. Peponocephala electra (Gray, 1846). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137103 on 2024-04-16
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(of Lagenorhynchus electra Gray, 1846) Gray J.E. (1846). Zoology of the voyage of H.M.S. Erebus and Terror. Volume 1: Mammalia and Birds. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6957416
page(s): 35, pl. 13 [details]
basis of record van der Land, J. (2001). Tetrapoda, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>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,</i> 50: pp. 375-376 (look up in IMIS) [details]
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 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 Jefferson, T. A. and N. B. Barros. (1997). Peponocephala electra. Mammalian Species 553:1--6. [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 Schmidly, D. J. and B. Würsig. 2009. Mammals (Vertebrata: Mammalia) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1343–1352 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [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 Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [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): 35, pl. 13 [details]
basis of record van der Land, J. (2001). Tetrapoda, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>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,</i> 50: pp. 375-376 (look up in IMIS) [details]
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 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 Jefferson, T. A. and N. B. Barros. (1997). Peponocephala electra. Mammalian Species 553:1--6. [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 Schmidly, D. J. and B. Würsig. 2009. Mammals (Vertebrata: Mammalia) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1343–1352 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [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 Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [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 Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Holotype Skull in British Museum (Natural History), London; no. 1844.10.5.3. [details]IUCN Red List Category Least Concern (LC) [details]
Type locality Unknown. [details]
From other sources
Distribution in tropical and subtropical oceanic waters between 40ºN and 35ºS [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Afrikaans | bolkopdolfyn | [details] |
| Dutch | witlipgriend | [details] |
| English | melon-headed whalemelon-headed dolphinmany-toothed blackfishIndian broad-beaked dolphinHawaiian blackfishElectra dolphinblackfish | [details] |
| French | péponocéphale | [details] |
| German | Breitschnabeldelfin | [details] |
| Indonesian | temu kebonpaus pemangsa kecil | [details] |
| Italian | peponocefalobalena dalla testa di melone | [details] |
| Japanese | カズハゴンドウkazuha gondo kujira | [details] |
| Korean | goyang-i-gorae | [details] |
| Lithuanian | pūstagalvis delfinas | [details] |
| Modern Greek (1453-) | Πεπονοκέφαλο δελφίνι | [details] |
| Polish | melonogłów elektra | [details] |
| Portuguese | golfinho cabeça de melão | [details] |
| Russian | shirokoklyuvyi delfin | [details] |
| Spanish | tonina negradelfín cabeza de melóncalderon pequenoballena melon | [details] |
| Thai | plaloma hua taengmoplaloma hua klom | [details] |
| Turkish | elektra balinası | [details] |
| Ukrainian | широкопикийДельфін бездзьобийдельфінБесклювийбездзьобий дельфін | [details] |
| Welsh | morfil pen pwmpen | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (11 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Lagenorhynchus pectoralis Cassin, 1858)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (18 publications) (from synonym Lagenorhynchus asia Gray, 1846)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (19 publications) (from synonym Electra obtusa Gray, 1868)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (19 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (29 publications) (from synonym Lagenorhynchus electra Gray, 1846)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Electra electra Nakajima & Nishiwaki, 1965)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Delphinus (Lagenorhynchus) fusiformis Owen, 1866)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) (from synonym Delphinus pectoralis Peale, 1848)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) (from synonym Electra fusiformis Gray, 1868)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive (ENA)
To GenBank (125 nucleotides; 90 proteins) (from synonym Lagenorhynchus electra Gray, 1846)
To GenBank (125 nucleotides; 90 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (MMP STR 19623 Peponocephala electra carcass - anteroventral view)
To NMNH Extant Collection (MMP SWFC 0056 Peponocephala electra data sheet)
To PESI
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Lagenorhynchus pectoralis Cassin, 1858)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (18 publications) (from synonym Lagenorhynchus asia Gray, 1846)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (19 publications) (from synonym Electra obtusa Gray, 1868)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (19 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (29 publications) (from synonym Lagenorhynchus electra Gray, 1846)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Electra electra Nakajima & Nishiwaki, 1965)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Delphinus (Lagenorhynchus) fusiformis Owen, 1866)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) (from synonym Delphinus pectoralis Peale, 1848)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) (from synonym Electra fusiformis Gray, 1868)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive (ENA)
To GenBank (125 nucleotides; 90 proteins) (from synonym Lagenorhynchus electra Gray, 1846)
To GenBank (125 nucleotides; 90 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (MMP STR 19623 Peponocephala electra carcass - anteroventral view)
To NMNH Extant Collection (MMP SWFC 0056 Peponocephala electra data sheet)
To PESI
To ITIS
