Cetacea taxon details
Delphinus delphis delphis Linnaeus, 1758
383558 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:383558)
accepted
Subspecies
Delphinus delphis balteatus Fischer, 1881 · unaccepted (synonym)
Delphinus delphis fusus Fischer, 1881 · unaccepted (synonym)
Delphinus delphis moschatus Fischer, 1881 · unaccepted (synonym)
Delphinus delphis sowerbianus Fischer, 1881 · unaccepted (synonym)
Delphinus delphis variegatus Fischer, 1881 · unaccepted (synonym)
Delphinus sowerbianus Trouessart, 1898 · unaccepted (synonym)
Grampus sowerbianus Trouessart, 1904 · 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 [details] Available for editors 
Fordyce, E.; Perrin, W.F. (2025). World Cetacea Database. Delphinus delphis delphis Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/cetacea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=383558 on 2026-07-28
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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 [details] Available for editors
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]
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
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Grampus sowerbianus Trouessart, 1904)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Delphinus delphis balteatus Fischer, 1881)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Delphinus delphis fusus Fischer, 1881)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Delphinus delphis moschatus Fischer, 1881)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Delphinus delphis variegatus Fischer, 1881)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Delphinus sowerbianus Trouessart, 1898)
To GenBank (6 nucleotides; 78 proteins)
To PESI
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Delphinus delphis balteatus Fischer, 1881)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Delphinus delphis fusus Fischer, 1881)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Delphinus delphis moschatus Fischer, 1881)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Delphinus delphis variegatus Fischer, 1881)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Delphinus sowerbianus Trouessart, 1898)
To GenBank (6 nucleotides; 78 proteins)
To PESI
To ITIS