RAMS taxon details
Tursiops Gervais, 1855
137026 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:137026)
accepted
Genus
- Species Tursiops truncatus (Montagu, 1821)
- Species Tursiops gephyreus Lahille, 1908 accepted as Tursiops truncatus (Montagu, 1821) (synonym)
- Species Tursiops gilli Dall, 1873 accepted as Tursiops truncatus (Montagu, 1821) (synonym)
- Species Tursiops nuuanu Andrews, 1911 accepted as Tursiops truncatus (Montagu, 1821) (synonym)
- Species Tursiops truncantus Montagu, 1821 accepted as Tursiops truncatus (Montagu, 1821) (Spelling mistake)
marine, brackish, terrestrial
Not documented
Fordyce, E.; Perrin, W.F. (2025). World Cetacea Database. Tursiops Gervais, 1855. 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=137026 on 2026-05-27
De Broyer, C.; Clarke, A.; Koubbi, P.; Pakhomov, E.; Scott, F.; Vanden Berghe, E. and Danis, B. (Eds.) (2026). Register of Antarctic Marine Species. Tursiops Gervais, 1855. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/rams/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137026 on 2026-05-27
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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]
additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
