Tursiops tursio metis Gray 1846 (common bottlenose dolphin)
Mammalia - Cetacea - Delphinidae
Alternative combination: Tursiops metis
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 Tursiops tursio according to E. L. Trouessart 1904
See also Gray 1846 and Trouessart 1898
Sister taxa: Tursiops truncatus gillii, Tursiops truncatus truncatus, Tursiops tursio cymodoce
Ecology: aquatic piscivore-carnivore
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Tursiops tursio metis in the database