Mammalia - Cetacea - Delphinidae
Alternative combinations: Lagenorhynchus (Electra) electra, Lagenorhynchus electra
Synonyms: Delphinus (Lagenorhynchus) fusiformis Owen 1866, Delphinus fusiformis Owen 1866, Delphinus pectoralis Peale 1848, Electra asia Gray 1846, Electra fusiformis Owen 1866, Electra obtusa Gray 1868, Lagenorhynchus asia Gray 1846, Lagenorhynchus fusiformis Owen 1866, Phocoena pectoralis Peale 1849
Full reference: J. E. Gray. 1846. On the cetaceous animals. The zoology of the voyage of H. M. S. Erebus and Terror, under the command of Capt. Sir J. C. Ross, R. N., F. R. S., during the years 1839 to 1843 1 & 2:1-53
Belongs to Peponocephala according to T. A. Jefferson 2021
See also Agnarsson and May-Collado 2008, Bolaños and Villaroel-Marin 2003, Gray 1850, Gray 1866, Gray 1866, Gray 1868, Gray 1846, Hershkovitz 1966, Jefferson and Barros 1997, Mead and Brownell 2005, Owen 1866, Perrin et al. 2013, Rice 1998, Scheffer and Rice 1963, Scott 1873, Trouessart 1904 and Vidal 1991
Sister taxa: none
Type specimens:
- Peponocephala electra: BMNH unnumbered, a skull (skull)
- Delphinus (Lagenorhynchus) fusiformis:
- Delphinus pectoralis:
- Electra asia:
- Electra fusiformis:
- Electra obtusa:
- Phocoena pectoralis:
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Angola (1 collection), Brazil (1), India (1), Japan (1), Mexico (1), New Caledonia (2), New Zealand (1), Peru (1), Tanzania (1), United States (1: Florida), Western Sahara (1)
Total: 12 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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