RAMS taxon details
Delphinidae Gray, 1821
136980 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:136980)
accepted
Family
- Genus Cephalorhynchus Gray, 1846
- Genus Delphinus Linnaeus, 1758
- Genus Globicephala Lesson, 1828
- Genus Grampus Gray, 1828
- Genus Lagenodelphis Fraser, 1957
- Genus Lagenorhynchus Gray, 1846
- Genus Lissodelphis Gloger, 1841
- Genus Orcinus Fitzinger, 1860
- Genus Pseudorca Reinhardt, 1862
- Genus Sotalia (Gray, 1866)
- Genus Sousa Gray, 1866
- Genus Stenella Gray, 1866
- Genus Tursiops Gervais, 1855
- Genus Clymenia Gray, 1868 (preoccupied)
- Genus Globicephalus Lesson, 1828 accepted as Globicephala Lesson, 1828 (synonym)
- Genus Orca Gray, 1846 accepted as Orcinus Fitzinger, 1860 (preoccupied)
- Genus Prodelphinus Gervais in Van Beneden & Gervais, 1880 accepted as Stenella Gray, 1866 (synonym for part of Stenella)
- Genus Sagmatias accepted as Lagenorhynchus Gray, 1846 (synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Not documented
Fordyce, E.; Perrin, W.F. (2025). World Cetacea Database. Delphinidae Gray, 1821. Accessed through: De Broyer, C.; Clarke, A.; Koubbi, P.; Pakhomov, E.; Scott, F.; Vanden Berghe, E. and Danis, B. (Eds.) (2025) Register of Antarctic Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/RAMS/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=136980 on 2026-04-30
De Broyer, C.; Clarke, A.; Koubbi, P.; Pakhomov, E.; Scott, F.; Vanden Berghe, E. and Danis, B. (Eds.) (2026). Register of Antarctic Marine Species. Delphinidae Gray, 1821. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/rams/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=136980 on 2026-04-30
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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]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Delphinidae)
To Genbank
To ITIS
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Delphinidae)
To Genbank
To ITIS
From editor or global species database
