WoRMS taxon details
Lagenorhynchus Gray, 1846
137020 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:137020)
accepted
Genus
Electra Gray, 1866 · unaccepted (synonym)
Leucopleurus Gray, 1866 · unaccepted (synonym)
Sagmatias · unaccepted (synonym)
- Species Lagenorhynchus albirostris Gray, 1846
- Species Lagenorhynchus obscurus (Gray, 1828)
- Species Lagenorhynchus acutus (Gray, 1828) accepted as Leucopleurus acutus (Gray, 1828) (unaccepted > junior objective synonym)
- Species Lagenorhynchus albirostratus Peale, 1848 accepted as Stenella attenuata (Gray, 1846) (synonym)
- Species Lagenorhynchus asia Gray, 1846 accepted as Peponocephala electra (Gray, 1846) (synonym)
- Species Lagenorhynchus australis (Peale, 1849) accepted as Sagmatias australis (Peale, 1849) (unaccepted > junior objective synonym)
- Species Lagenorhynchus bombifrons Cope, 1876 (unaccepted > nomen nudum)
- Species Lagenorhynchus breviceps Gray, 1866 accepted as Lagenorhynchus obscurus (Gray, 1828) (synonym)
- Species Lagenorhynchus burmeisteri Moreno, 1892 accepted as Cephalorhynchus commersonii (Lacépède, 1804) (synonym)
- Species Lagenorhynchus caeruleoalbus Gray, 1850 accepted as Stenella coeruleoalba (Meyen, 1833) (synonym)
- Species Lagenorhynchus clanculus Gray, 1846 accepted as Sagmatias cruciger (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Lagenorhynchus coeruleoalbus Cassin, 1858 accepted as Stenella attenuata (Gray, 1846) (synonym)
- Species Lagenorhynchus cruciger (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824) accepted as Sagmatias australis (Peale, 1849) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Lagenorhynchus electra Gray, 1846 accepted as Peponocephala electra (Gray, 1846) (basionym)
- Species Lagenorhynchus fitzroy Bini, 1951 accepted as Lagenorhynchus obscurus (Gray, 1828) (synonym)
- Species Lagenorhynchus fitzroyi Flower, 1885 accepted as Lagenorhynchus obscurus (Gray, 1828) (synonym)
- Species Lagenorhynchus floweri Moreno, 1892 accepted as Cephalorhynchus commersonii (Lacépède, 1804) (synonym)
- Species Lagenorhynchus gubernator Cope, 1876 accepted as Leucopleurus acutus (Gray, 1828) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Lagenorhynchus lateralis Cassin, 1858 accepted as Stenella coeruleoalba (Meyen, 1833) (synonym)
- Species Lagenorhynchus latifrons True, 1889 accepted as Lagenorhynchus cruciger (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824) accepted as Sagmatias australis (Peale, 1849) (synonym)
- Species Lagenorhynchus leucopleurus Gray, 1846 accepted as Leucopleurus acutus (Gray, 1828) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym, synonym)
- Species Lagenorhynchus longidens Cope, 1866 accepted as Sagmatias obliquidens (Gill, 1865) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym, synonym)
- Species Lagenorhynchus obliquidens Gill, 1865 accepted as Sagmatias obliquidens (Gill, 1865) (unaccepted > junior objective synonym)
- Species Lagenorhynchus ognevi Sleptsov, 1955 accepted as Sagmatias obliquidens (Gill, 1865) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Lagenorhynchus pectoralis Cassin, 1858 accepted as Peponocephala electra (Gray, 1846) (synonym)
- Species Lagenorhynchus perspicillatus Cope, 1876 accepted as Leucopleurus acutus (Gray, 1828) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym, synonym)
- Species Lagenorhynchus supercillosus Trouessart, 1904 accepted as Lagenorhynchus cruciger (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824) accepted as Sagmatias australis (Peale, 1849) (misspelling)
- Species Lagenorhynchus thicolea Gray, 1846 accepted as Lissodelphis borealis (Peale, 1848) (synonym)
- Species Lagenorhynchus wilsoni Lille, 1915 accepted as Lagenorhynchus cruciger (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824) accepted as Sagmatias australis (Peale, 1849) (synonym)
- Species Lagenorhynchus nilssonii Gray, 1864 (uncertain > nomen dubium, incertae sedis)
- Species Lagenorhynchus posidonia True, 1903 (uncertain > nomen dubium, incertae sedis)
- Species Lagenorhynchus superciliosus True, 1889 (uncertain > nomen dubium, incertae sedis)
marine, terrestrial
Gray, J. E. (1846). On the British Cetacea. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> 17:82–85. [details]
Homonymy Also in database as valid genus in Polycystididae, (Plathyhelminthes) - needs checking
Homonymy Also in database as valid genus in Polycystididae, (Plathyhelminthes) - needs checking [details]
Fordyce, E.; Perrin, W.F. (2024). World Cetacea Database. Lagenorhynchus Gray, 1846. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137020 on 2024-09-05
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Gray, J. E. (1846). On the British Cetacea. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> 17:82–85. [details]
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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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 Jefferson, T.A.; Leatherwood, S.; Webber, M.A. (1993). Marine mammals of the world. <em>FAO Species identification guide.</em> FAO: Rome, Italy. ISBN 92-5-103292-0. VIII, 320 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
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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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 Jefferson, T.A.; Leatherwood, S.; Webber, M.A. (1993). Marine mammals of the world. <em>FAO Species identification guide.</em> FAO: Rome, Italy. ISBN 92-5-103292-0. VIII, 320 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
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Homonymy Also in database as valid genus in Polycystididae, (Plathyhelminthes) - needs checking [details]