RAMS taxon details
Delphinus Linnaeus, 1758
137015 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:137015)
accepted
Genus
- Species Delphinus delphis Linnaeus, 1758
- Species Delphinus superciliosus Lesson in Lesson & Garnot, 1827 accepted as Sagmatias obscurus (Gray, 1828) (uncertain > nomen dubium)
- Species Delphinus bayeri Risso, 1826 accepted as Physeter macrocephalus Linnaeus, 1758 (synonym)
- Species Delphinus commersonii Lacépède, 1804 accepted as Cephalorhynchus commersonii (Lacépède, 1804) (synonym)
- Species Delphinus cruciger Quoy & Gaimard, 1824 accepted as Sagmatias cruciger (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824) (unaccepted > junior objective synonym, basionym)
- Species Delphinus eutropia Gray, 1846 accepted as Cephalorhynchus eutropia Gray, 1846 (synonym)
- Species Delphinus fitzroyi Waterhouse, 1838 accepted as Sagmatias obscurus (Gray, 1828) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym, synonym)
- Species Delphinus gladiator Bonnaterre, 1789 accepted as Orcinus orca (Linnaeus, 1758) (synonym)
- Species Delphinus globiceps Temminck, 1841 accepted as Globicephala melas (Traill, 1809) (synonym)
- Species Delphinus griseus G. Cuvier, 1812 accepted as Grampus griseus (G. Cuvier, 1812) (synonym)
- Species Delphinus leucoramphus Lacépède, 1804 accepted as Lissodelphis peronii (Lacépède, 1804) (synonym)
- Species Delphinus melas Traill, 1809 accepted as Globicephala melas (Traill, 1809) (synonym)
- Species Delphinus nesarnack Lacépède, 1804 accepted as Tursiops truncatus (Montagu, 1821) (synonym)
- Species Delphinus obscurus Gray, 1828 accepted as Sagmatias australis (Peale, 1849) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Delphinus peronii Lacépède, 1804 accepted as Lissodelphis peronii (Lacépède, 1804) (basionym)
- Species Delphinus risso Risso, 1826 accepted as Grampus griseus (G. Cuvier, 1812) (synonym)
marine, terrestrial
Linnaeus, C. (1758). <i>Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis</i>. 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 Linnaeus, 1758. 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=137015 on 2026-05-29
De Broyer, C.; Clarke, A.; Koubbi, P.; Pakhomov, E.; Scott, F.; Vanden Berghe, E. and Danis, B. (Eds.) (2026). Register of Antarctic Marine Species. Delphinus Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/rams/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137015 on 2026-05-29
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Linnaeus, C. (1758). <i>Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis</i>. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors
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]
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]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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