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Delphinidae (dolphin)

Mammalia - Cetacea - Delphinidae

Taxonomy

Delphinidae was named by Gray (1821). It is extant.

It was assigned to Carnivorae by Gray (1821); to Cetae by Gray (1825); to Cete by Gray (1846), Bonaparte (1849), Gray (1850), Bonaparte (1850); to Delphinoidea by Gray (1871); to Denticete by Gray (1866), Scammon and Cope (1869), Gill (1871), Gill (1872); to Denticete by Gray (1864), Gill (1873); to Odontoceta by Ameghino (1889); to Odontocete by Scott (1873), Hay (1902), Hay (1930); to Delphinoceti by Abel (1914), Portis (1925), Dal Piaz (1929), Van Deinse (1931); to Cetacea by De Kay (1842), Bronn (1853), Pictet (1853), Leidy (1873), Newton (1891), Nowak (1991); to Odontoceti by Flower (1867), Flower (1883), Lydekker (1887), Cope (1889), Cope (1890), Flower and Lydekker (1891), Flores (1895), Trouessart (1898), Weber (1904), Trouessart (1904), Case (1904), Abel (1905), True (1908), Jaekel (1911), Turner (1912), Miller (1923), Zittel (1925), Kellogg (1928), Weber (1928), Ellerman and Morrisson-Scott (1951), Scheffer and Rice (1963), Hershkovitz (1966), Pilleri (1985), Carroll (1988), Benton (1993), Jefferson and Newcomer (1993), Jefferson and Leatherwood (1994), Newcomer et al. (1996), Perrin (2001), Jefferson and Karczmarski (2001), Perrin (2002), Geisler and Sanders (2003), Mead and Brownell (2005); to Delphinoidea by Gray (1868), Gray (1870), Simpson (1945), Fraser and Purves (1960), Gondar (1966), Kasuya (1973), Barnes et al. (1985), Heyning and Dahleim (1988), de Muizon (1988), Vidal (1991), Stacey et al. (1994), Fordyce and Barnes (1994), Fordyce et al. (1995), da Silva and Best (1996), McKenna and Bell (1997), Fordyce and de Muizon (2001), Rice (2002), Bianucci (2005), Bianucci and Landini (2007), Foekens (2008), Whitmore and Kaltenbach (2008), Uhen et al. (2008), Aguirre-Fernández et al. (2009), Fordyce and Roberts (2009), Canto et al. (2010), Post and Kompanje (2010), Geisler et al. (2011), Bianucci (2013), Murakami et al. (2014), Marx et al. (2016), Berta (2017), Belluzzo and Lambert (2021), Citron et al. (2022); and to Odontoceti by Winge (1921), Slijper (1936), Jefferson et al. (2024).

Year	Name and author
1821	Delphinidae Gray p. 310
1825	Delphinidae Gray p. 340
1842	Delphinidae De Kay
1846	Delphinidae Gray p. 21
1849	Delphinidae Bonaparte p. 618
1850	Delphinidae Bonaparte p. 1
1850	Delphinidae Gray p. 57
1853	Delphinidae Bronn p. 758
1853	Delphinidae Pictet p. 381
1864	Delphinidae Gray p. 235
1866	Delphinidae Gray p. 62
1867	Delphinidae Flower p. 113
1868	Delphinidae Gray p. 4
1869	Delphinidae Scammon and Cope p. 20
1870	Delphinidae Gray p. 772
1871	Delphinidae Gill p. 123
1871	Delphinidae Gray p. 64
1872	Delphinidae Gill p. 95
1873	Holodontidae Brandt p. 226
1873	Delphinidae Gill p. 27
1873	Delphinidae Leidy p. 337
1873	Delphinidae Scott p. 68
1874	Holodontidae Brandt p. II
1874	Trispondylus Vanden Broeck p. 146
1874	Trispondylus kleini Vanden Broeck p. 147
1883	Delphinidae Flower p. 184
1886	Tursiops miocaenus Portis figs. Fig. 5
1887	Delphinidae Lydekker p. 75
1889	Delphinidae Ameghino p. 885
1889	Delphinidae Cope p. 876
1890	Delphinidae Cope p. 609
1891	Delphinidae Flower and Lydekker p. 89
1891	Delphinidae Newton p. 76
1895	Delphinidae Flores p. 12
1898	Delphinidae Trouessart p. 1026
1898	Tursiops miocaenus Trouessart p. 1029
1902	Delphinidae Hay p. 593
1904	Delphinidae Case p. 29
1904	Delphinidae Trouessart p. 763
1904	Tursiops miocaenus Trouessart p. 764
1904	Delphinidae Weber p. 579
1905	Delphinidae Abel p. 139
1908	Delphinidae True p. 391
1911	Delphinidae Jaekel p. 231
1912	Delphinidae Turner p. 96
1914	Delphinidae Abel p. 221
1917	Steno cudmorei Chapman p. 41 figs. Plate IV, FIg 5
1921	Delphinidae Winge p. 8
1923	Delphinidae Miller p. 40
1925	Delphinidae Portis p. 14
1925	Delphinidae Zittel p. 87
1928	Delphinidae Kellogg p. 33 figs. Table 1
1928	Delphinidae Weber p. 389
1929	Delphinidae Dal Piaz p. 84
1930	Delphinidae Hay p. 585
1931	Delphinidae Van Deinse p. 33
1936	Hemisyntrachelidae Slijper p. 552
1936	Delphinidae Slijper p. 555
1945	Hemisyntrachelidae Simpson p. 102
1945	Delphinidae Simpson p. 103
1951	Delphinidae Ellerman and Morrisson-Scott p. 730
1960	Cephalorhynchinae Fraser and Purves p. 112 figs. Figure 26
1960	Delphinidae Fraser and Purves p. 112 figs. Figure 26
1963	Grampidelphidae Nishiwaki
1963	Delphinidae Scheffer and Rice p. 5
1966	Delphinidae Gondar p. 141
1966	Delphinidae Hershkovitz p. 15
1973	Delphinidae Kasuya p. 61
1985	Delphinidae Barnes et al. p. 25
1985	Tursiops miocaenus Pilleri p. 19
1985	Delphinidae Pilleri p. 62
1987	Tursiops miocaenus Pilleri p. 146
1988	Delphinidae Carroll
1988	Delphinidae Heyning and Dahleim p. 1
1988	Cephalorhynchinae de Muizon p. 162
1988	Delphinidae de Muizon p. 188
1991	Delphinidae Nowak
1991	Delphinidae Vidal p. 5
1993	Delphinidae Benton p. 762
1993	Hemisyntrachelidae Benton p. 762
1993	Delphinidae Jefferson and Newcomer p. 1
1994	Delphinidae Fordyce and Barnes p. 429 figs. Table 1
1994	Delphinidae Jefferson and Leatherwood p. 1
1994	Delphinidae Stacey et al. p. 1
1995	Delphinidae Fordyce et al. p. 379
1996	Delphinidae Newcomer et al. p. 1
1996	Delphinidae da Silva and Best p. 1
1997	Delphinidae McKenna and Bell p. 384
1997	Cephalorhynchinae McKenna and Bell p. 386
1997	Hemisyntrachelidae McKenna and Bell p. 391
2001	Delphinidae Fordyce and de Muizon p. 179
2001	Delphinidae Jefferson and Karczmarski p. 1
2001	Delphinidae Perrin p. 1
2002	Delphinidae Perrin p. 1
2002	Delphinidae Rice p. 231 figs. Table 1
2003	Delphinidae Geisler and Sanders p. 28
2004	Cephalorhynchinae Buchholtz and Schur p. 384 figs. Figure 1
2004	Holodontidae Schultze p. 474
2005	Delphinidae Bianucci p. 331
2005	Delphinidae Mead and Brownell p. 726
2007	Delphinidae Bianucci and Landini p. 45 figs. Table 2.1
2008	Delphinidae Foekens p. 7 figs. Table 1
2008	Delphinidae Uhen et al. p. 592
2008	Delphinidae Whitmore and Kaltenbach p. 218
2009	Delphinidae Aguirre-Fernández et al.
2009	Delphinidae Fordyce and Roberts p. 553
2010	Delphinidae Canto et al. p. 20
2010	Holodontidae Clement and Long
2010	Delphinidae Post and Kompanje p. 2
2011	Delphinidae Geisler et al. p. 29 figs. Figure 5
2013	Delphinidae Bianucci p. 723
2014	Delphinidae Murakami et al. p. 493
2016	Delphinidae Marx et al. p. 139
2017	Delphinidae Berta p. 164
2021	Delphinidae Belluzzo and Lambert p. 79
2022	Delphinidae Citron et al. p. 169
2024	Delphinidae Jefferson et al. p. 24

Fm. Delphinidae Gray 1821 [dolphin]

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G. †Arimidelphis Bianucci 2005

†Arimidelphis sorbinii Bianucci 2005

G. †Australodelphis Fordyce et al. 2002

†Australodelphis mirus Fordyce et al. 2002

Subfm. †Delphininae Flower 1867

G. †Astadelphis Bianucci 1996

†Astadelphis gastaldii Brandt 1874

G. Delphinus Linnaeus 1758 [common dolphin]

Delphinus bairdii Dall 1873

†Delphinus baltringii Van Beneden 1876

†Delphinus delannoy Van Beneden 1860

Delphinus delphis Linnaeus 1758 [short-beaked common dolphin]

Delphinus delphis delphis Tomilin 1957

Delphinus delphis ponticus Barabash-Nikiforov 1935

Invalid names: Delphinus albimanus Peale 1848 [synonym], Delphinus algeriensis Loche 1860 [synonym], Delphinus capensis Gray 1828 [synonym], Delphinus dussumieri Blanford 1891 [synonym], Delphinus fluvofasciatus Wagner 1853 [synonym], Delphinus forsteri Gray 1846 [synonym], Delphinus frithii Blyth 1859 [synonym], Delphinus fulvifasciatus Wagner 1846 [synonym], Delphinus janira Gray 1846 [synonym], Delphinus longirostris Cuvier 1829 [synonym], Delphinus loriger Wiegmann 1846 [synonym], Delphinus major Gray 1866 [synonym], Delphinus microps Burmeister 1866 [synonym], Delphinus moorei Gray 1866 [synonym], Delphinus novaezelandiae Quoy and Gainard 1830 [synonym], Delphinus pomeegra Owen 1866 [synonym], Delphinus ponticus Barabash 1935 [synonym], Delphinus tropicalis van Bree 1971 [synonym], Delphinus vulgaris Lacépède 1804 [synonym], Delphinus walkeri Gray 1866 [synonym], Delphinus zelandae Gray 1843 [synonym], Eudelphinus pliocaenus Gervais 1859 [synonym], Eudelphinus tasmaniensis Van Beneden and Gervais 1880 [synonym], Lagenorhynchus decastelnau Van Beneden 1873 [synonym]

†Delphinus dewaeli Vanden Broeck 1874

†Delphinus rikuzenensis Hatai et al. 1963

Delphinus risso Risso 1826

†Delphinus taramelli de Zigno 1872

†Delphinus wasii Vanden Broeck 1874

Invalid names: Delphinus bertini Desmarest 1817 [nomen dubium], Delphinus bonnaterrei Tiedemann 1808 [nomen dubium], Delphinus boryi Desmarest 1822 [nomen dubium], Delphinus chilensis Philippi 1896 [nomen dubium], Delphinus coronatus Blainville 1817 [nomen dubium], Delphinus epiodon Desmarest 1822 [nomen dubium], Delphinus fabricii Billberg 1827 [nomen dubium], Delphinus feres Bonnaterre 1789 [nomen dubium], Delphinus harlani Fischer 1829 [nomen dubium], Delphinus leucocephalus Lesson 1826 [nomen dubium], Delphinus maculatus Lesson and Garnot 1826 [nomen dubium], Delphinus malayanus Lesson 1826 [nomen dubium], Delphinus minimus Lesson 1826 [nomen dubium], Delphinus nesarnac Lesson 1827 [nomen dubium], Delphinus niger Lacepede 1818 [nomen dubium], Delphinus obtusus Schlegel 1862 [nomen dubium], Delphinus pernettyi Blainville 1817 [nomen oblitum], Delphinus rappii Reichenbach 1846 [nomen dubium], Delphinus rhinoceros Quoy and Gaimard 1824 [nomen dubium], Delphinus sao Gray 1846 [nomen dubium], Delphinus siculus Rafinesque Schmaltz 1810 [nomen dubium], Delphinus tursio Fabricius 1780 [nomen dubium], Eudelphinus Van Beneden and Gervais 1880 [synonym]

G. †Etruridelphis Bianucci et al. 2009

†Etruridelphis giulii Lawley 1876

Invalid names: Steno bellardii Portis 1886 [synonym]

G. Lagenodelphis Fraser 1956

Lagenodelphis hosei Fraser 1956 [Fraser's dolphin]

G. †Septidelphis Bianucci 2013

†Septidelphis morii Bianucci 2013

G. Sousa Gray 1866

Sousa chinensis Osbeck 1765 [Chinese white dolphin]

Invalid names: Delphinus sinensis Desmarest 1822 [synonym], Sotalia borneensis Lydekker 1901 [synonym], Sousa huangi Wang Peilie 1999 [synonym], Sousa lentiginosa Iredale and Troughton 1934 [synonym]

Sousa plumbea Flower 1884

Invalid names: Delphinus (Steno) lentiginosus Owen 1866 [synonym], Sotalia fergusoni Lydekker 1903 [synonym], Stenopontistes zambezicus Mirando Ribeiro 1936 [synonym]

Sousa sahulensis Jefferson and Rosenbaum 2014

Invalid names: Sousa queenslandensis Gaskin 1972 [synonym]

Sousa teuszii Kukenthal 1892

G. Stenella Gray 1866

Stenella attenuata Gray 1846 [pantropical spotted dolphin]

Invalid names: Clymene punctata Gray 1866 [synonym], Delphinus albirostratus Peale 1848 [synonym], Delphinus brevimanus Wagner 1846 [synonym], Delphinus microbrachium Gray 1850 [synonym], Delphinus pseudodelphis Wiegmann 1840 [synonym], Delphinus velox Cuvier 1829 [synonym], Prodelphinus graffmani Lonnberg 1934 [synonym], Steno capensis Gray 1866 [synonym], Steno consimilis Malm 1871 [synonym]

Stenella clymene Gray 1850

Invalid names: Clymene normalis Gray 1866 [synonym], Clymenia normalis Gray 1868 [synonym], Prodelphinus clymene Lutken 1889 [synonym]

Stenella coeruleoalba Meyen 1833

Invalid names: Clymene burmeisteri Malm 1871 [synonym], Clymenia euphrosynoides Gray 1868 [synonym], Clymenia novaezelandiae Hector 1873 [synonym], Delphinus amphitriteus Philippi 1893 [synonym], Delphinus asthenops Cope 1865 [synonym], Delphinus crotaphiscus Cope 1865 [synonym], Delphinus euphrosyne Gray 1846 [synonym], Delphinus holbollii Nilsson 1847 [synonym], Delphinus lateralis Peale 1848 [synonym], Delphinus marginatus Duvernoy 1857 [synonym], Delphinus mediterraneus Loche 1860 [synonym], Delphinus styx Gray 1846 [synonym], Delphinus tethyos Gervais 1853 [synonym], Tursio dorcides Gray 1866 [synonym]

Stenella frontalis Cuvier 1829

Invalid names: Delphinus (Delphinorhynchus) pernettyi Blainville 1817 [replaced], Delphinus doris Gray 1846 [synonym], Delphinus frenatus Gray 1846 [synonym], Delphinus froenatus Cuvier 1836 [synonym], Delphinus plagiodon Cope 1866 [synonym]

Stenella longirostris Gray 1828

Invalid names: Delphinus alope Gray 1850 [synonym], Delphinus microps Gray 1846 [synonym], Delphinus roseiventris Wagner 1846 [synonym], Delphinus stenorhynchus Gray 1866 [synonym]

†Stenella rayi Whitmore and Kaltenbach 2008

Invalid names: Clymenia Gray 1864 [synonym], Delphinus attenuatus Gray 1843 [nomen nudum], Euphrosyne Gray 1866 [synonym], Fretidelphis Iredale and Troughton 1934 [synonym], Micropia Gray 1868 [synonym], Prodelphinus Van Beneden and Gervais 1880 [synonym], Stenella dubia Cuvier 1812 [nomen dubium]

G. Tursiops Gervais 1855

Tursiops aduncus Ehrenberg 1832

Invalid names: Delphinus (Steno) gadamu Owen 1866 [synonym], Delphinus (Steno) maculiventer Owen 1866 [synonym], Delphinus abusalam Ruppell 1842 [synonym], Delphinus hamatus Wiegmann 1841 [synonym], Delphinus salam Van Beneden 1886 [synonym], Sotalia perniger Trouessart 1898 [synonym], Tursiops australis Charlton-Robb et al. 2011 [synonym], Tursiops catalania Gray 1862 [synonym], Tursiops fergusoni Lydekker 1903 [synonym]

†Tursiops astensis Sacco 1891

†Tursiops brochii Balsamo Crivelli 1842

Invalid names: Delphinapterus brocchii Brandt 1873 [synonym]

Tursiops erebennus Cope 1865

Tursiops truncatus Gray 1866 [common bottlenose dolphin]

Tursiops truncatus gillii Dall 1873

Tursiops truncatus truncatus Hershkovitz 1966

Invalid names: Delphinus compressicauda Lesson 1828 [synonym], Delphinus cymodoce Gray 1846 [synonym], Delphinus erebennus Cope 1865 [synonym], Delphinus eurynome Gray 1846 [synonym], Delphinus metis Gray 1846 [synonym], Delphinus nesarnack Lacépède 1804 [synonym], Delphinus tursio Gunnerus 1768 [synonym], Tursio catalania Gray 1844 [synonym], Tursiops dawsoni Lydekker 1909 [synonym], Tursiops gephyreus Lahille 1908 [synonym], Tursiops maugeanus Iredale and Troughton 1934 [synonym], Tursiops nuuanu Andrews 1911 [synonym], Tursiops parvimanus Van Beneden 1886 [synonym], Tursiops ponticus Barabash-Nikiforov 1940 [synonym], Tursiops tursio Bonnaterre 1789 [synonym], Tursiops tursio obtusus Schlegel 1862 [synonym]

Invalid names: Delphinus caerulescens Giglioli 1874 [nomen dubium], Delphinus perniger Blyth 1848 [nomen dubium], Tursiops subridens True 1884 [nomen nudum]

Invalid names: Delphinina Gray 1825 [invalid subgroup]

G. †Eodelphinus Murakami et al. 2014

†Eodelphinus kabatensis Horikawa 1977

Invalid names: Eodelphis Murakami et al. 2014 [replaced]

Subfm. Globicephalinae Gray 1866

G. Feresa Gray 1870 [pygmy killer whale]

Feresa attenuata Gray 1874 [pygmy killer whale]

Invalid names: Delphinus intermedius Gray 1827 [synonym], Feresa occulta Jones and Packard 1956 [synonym]

G. Globicephala Lesson 1828 [pilot whale]

†Globicephala etruriae Pilleri 1987

Globicephala macrorhynchus Gray 1846 [short-finned pilot whale]

Invalid names: Delphinus fuscus Reichenbach 1846 [synonym], Globicephala baereckeii Sellards 1916 [synonym], Globicephala scammonii Cope 1869 [synonym], Globicephala sieboldii Gray 1846 [synonym], Globicephalus brachypterus Cope 1876 [synonym], Globicephalus scammonii Scammon and Cope 1869 [synonym], Globicephalus sibo Gray 1871 [synonym], Globiocephalus propinquus Malm 1871 [synonym]

Globicephala melaena melaena Hershkovitz 1966

Globicephala melas Traill 1809 [long-finned pilot whale]

Invalid names: Delphinus carbonarius Wagner 1846 [synonym], Delphinus deductor Scoresby 1820 [synonym], Delphinus globiceps Cuvier 1812 [synonym], Delphinus grampus Gray 1846 [synonym], Delphinus grinda Lyngbye 1825 [synonym], Delphinus intermedius Harlan 1872 [synonym], Globicephala edwardii Smith 1834 [synonym], Globicephala indica Blythe 1852 [synonym], Globicephala leucosagmaphora Rayner 1939 [synonym], Globicephalus chilensis Philippi 1896 [synonym], Globicephalus conductor Rapp 1837 [synonym], Globicephalus edwardsii Gray 1866 [synonym], Globicephalus indicus Blyth 1852 [synonym], Globicephalus intermedius Gray 1827 [synonym], Globicephalus svineval Gray 1846 [synonym], Globiocephalus affinis Gray 1846 [synonym], Globiocephalus edwardsii Smith 1834 [synonym], Globiocephalus incrassatus Gray 1861 [synonym], Grampus affinis Gray 1866 [synonym], Phocaena globiceps Lesson 1827 [synonym], Sphaerocephalus incrassatus Gray 1866 [synonym]

†Globicephala uncidens Lankester 1864

Invalid names: Globicephalus orcoides Lankester 1864 [synonym]

†Globicephalus karsteni Olfers 1839

Invalid names: Globicephalus chinensis Gray 1866 [nomen dubium], Globiceps Flower 1883 [synonym], Globiocephalus Gray 1846 [synonym], Sphaerocephalus Gray 1864 [synonym]

G. Grampus Gray 1828

Grampus griseus Cuvier 1812 [Risso's dolphin]

Invalid names: Delphinus aires Cuvier 1812 [synonym], Delphinus rissoanus Demarest 1822 [synonym], Globicephalus rissii Risso 1826 [synonym], Grampidelphis exilis Iredale and Troughton 1933 [synonym], Grampidelphis kuzira Iredale and Troughton 1933 [synonym], Grampus cuvieri Gray 1846 [synonym], Grampus richardsoni Gray 1850 [synonym], Grampus richardsonii Gray 1850 [synonym], Grampus sakamata Gray 1846 [synonym], Grampus sowerbianus Fischer 1881 [synonym], Grampus stearnsii Dall 1873 [synonym]

Invalid names: Grampidelphis Iredale and Troughton 1933 [synonym], Grayius Scott 1873 [synonym]

G. Orcaella Gray 1866

Orcaella brevirostris Gray 1866 [Irrawaddy dolphin]

Invalid names: Orcaella fluminalis Gray 1871 [synonym]

Orcaella heinsohni Beasley et al. 2005

Invalid names: Orcella Anderson 1871 [synonym]

G. Peponocephala Nishiwaki and Norris 1966

Peponocephala electra Gray 1846 [melon-headed whale]

Invalid names: Delphinus (Lagenorhynchus) fusiformis Owen 1866 [synonym], Delphinus pectoralis Peale 1848 [synonym], Electra asia Gray 1846 [synonym], Electra fusiformis Owen 1866 [synonym], Electra obtusa Gray 1868 [synonym], Phocoena pectoralis Peale 1849 [synonym]

G. †Platalearostrum Post and Kompanje 2010

†Platalearostrum hoekmani Post and Kompanje 2010 [Hoekmanâ€™s blunt-snouted dolphin]

G. †Protoglobicephala Aguirre-Fernández et al. 2009

†Protoglobicephala mexicana Aguirre-Fernández et al. 2009

G. Pseudorca Reinhardt 1862 [false killer whale]

Pseudorca crassidens Owen 1846 [false killer whale]

Invalid names: Globicephalus grayi Burmeister 1869 [synonym], Orca (Pseudorca) meridionalis Flower 1864 [synonym], Orca destructor Cope 1866 [synonym], Orca meridionalis Flower 1864 [synonym], Pseudorca mediterranea Giglioli 1882 [synonym]

†Pseudorca yokoyamai Matsumoto 1926

Invalid names: Neorca Gray 1871 [synonym], Pseudorca yuanliensis Chang and Cheng 1998 [nomen nudum]

G. †Rododelphis Bianucci et al. 2022

†Rododelphis stamatiadisi Bianucci et al. 2022

Invalid names: Globidelphinidae Nishiwaki 1963 [invalid subgroup], Globiocephalina Gray 1864 [synonym], Grampidae Gray 1871 [invalid subgroup], Tursiops osennae Simonelli 1911 [invalid subgroup]

G. †Hemisyntrachelus Brandt 1873

†Hemisyntrachelus cortesii Fischer 1829

Invalid names: Hemisyntrachelus pisanus Bianucci 1996 [synonym], Tursiops capellinii Del Prato 1898 [synonym]

†Hemisyntrachelus oligodon Pilleri and Siber 1989

Invalid names: Tursiops cortesii pedemontana Sacco 1891 [nomen nudum]

G. Lagenorhynchus Gray 1846

Lagenorhynchus acutus Gray 1828

Invalid names: Delphinus eschrichtii Schlegel 1841 [synonym], Delphinus leucopleurus Rasch 1843 [synonym], Lagenorhynchus gubernator Cope 1876 [synonym], Lagenorhynchus perspicillatus Cope 1876 [synonym], Leucopleurus arcticus Gray 1868 [synonym]

Lagenorhynchus albirostris Gray 1846 [white-beaked dolphin]

Invalid names: Delphinus ibsenii Eschricht 1846 [synonym], Delphinus pseudotursio Reichenbach 1846 [synonym], Delphinus tursio Brightwell 1846 [replaced]

Lagenorhynchus australis Peale 1848

Invalid names: Sagmatias amblodon Cope 1866 [synonym], Tursio chiloensis Philippi 1900 [synonym]

Lagenorhynchus cruciger Quoy and Gaimard 1824

Invalid names: Delphinus albigena Quoy and Gaimard 1824 [synonym], Delphinus bivittatus Lesson and Garnot 1826 [synonym], Delphinus obscurus Gray 1850 [synonym], Lagenorhynchus clanculus Gray 1846 [synonym], Lagenorhynchus wilsoni Lillie 1915 [synonym], Phocaena dorbignyi Philippi 1893 [synonym], Phocaena homeii Smith 1828 [synonym]

†Lagenorhynchus harmatuki Whitmore and Kaltenbach 2008

Lagenorhynchus obscurus Gray 1828

Lagenorhynchus obscurus posidonia Philippi 1893

Invalid names: Clymenia similis Gray 1868 [synonym], Delphinus breviceps Jacquinot and Pucheran 1853 [synonym], Delphinus breviceps Wiegmann 1840 [synonym], Delphinus fitzroyi Waterhouse 1838 [synonym], Lagenorhynchus similis Gray 1868 [synonym], Prodelphinus petersii Reinhardt 1889 [synonym], Tursio panope Canto 1896 [synonym]

Invalid names: Delphinus superciliosus Lesson and Garnot 1826 [nomen dubium], Electra Gray 1866 [synonym], Lagenorhynchus nilssonii Gray 1864 [nomen dubium], Leucopleurus Gray 1866 [synonym]

Subfm. Lissodelphininae Fraser and Purves 1960

G. Cephalorhynchus Gray 1846

Cephalorhynchus commersoni Lacépède 1804

Invalid names: Lagenorhynchus burmeisteri Moreno 1892 [synonym], Lagenorhynchus floweri Moreno 1892 [synonym]

Cephalorhynchus eutropia Gray 1846

Invalid names: Delphinus lunatus Lesson 1826 [synonym], Eutropia dickiei Gray 1866 [synonym], Phocaena albiventris Perez Canto 1893 [synonym], Tursio platyrrhinus Philippi 1895 [synonym]

Cephalorhynchus heavisidii Gray 1828

Invalid names: Delphinus capensis Dussumier 1829 [synonym], Delphinus cephalorhynchus Cuvier 1836 [synonym], Delphinus hastatus Cuvier 1836 [synonym], Delphinus tridens Castelnau 1873 [synonym], Orca capensis Van Beneden 1873 [synonym]

Cephalorhynchus hectori Van Beneden 1881

Invalid names: Cephalorhynchus albifrons True 1889 [synonym], Cephalorhynchus maui Baker et al. 2002 [synonym], Electra clancula Hector 1873 [replaced]

Invalid names: Eutropia Gray 1862 [synonym], Phocoena obtusata Philippi 1893 [nomen dubium]

G. Lissodelphis Gloger 1841

Lissodelphis borealis Peale 1848

Invalid names: Lagenorhynchus thicolea Gray 1846 [synonym]

†Lissodelphis fockii Brandt 1873

†Lissodelphis fockii major Macarovici and Zaharia 1968

†Lissodelphis fockii minor Macarovici and Zaharia 1968

†Lissodelphis nordmanni Brandt 1873

Lissodelphis peronii Lacépède 1804 [southern right whale dolphin]

Invalid names: Delphinapterus lessonii Philippi 1893 [synonym], Delphinus bicolor Gray 1846 [synonym], Delphinus leucorhamphus Peron 1804 [synonym], Prodelphinus gervaisi Trouessart 1898 [synonym]

Invalid names: Leucorhamphus Lilljeborg 1861 [synonym], Pachypleurus Brandt 1873 [synonym], Pristinocetus Trouessart 1898 [synonym], Tursio Wagler 1830 [synonym]

G. Sagmatias Cope 1866

Sagmatias obliquidens Gill 1865 [Pacific white-sided dolphin]

Invalid names: Delphinus longidens Cope 1866 [synonym], Lagenorhynchus ognevi Slensov 1955 [synonym]

G. †Norisdelphis Kimura and Hasegawa 2020

†Norisdelphis annakaensis Kimura and Hasegawa 2020

Subfm. Orcininae Wagner 1846

Invalid names: Orcadae Gray 1870 [synonym], Orcadina Gray 1868 [synonym]

G. Orcinus Fitzinger 1860 [killer whale]

†Orcinus citoniensis Capellini 1883

†Orcinus meyeri Brandt 1873

Orcinus orca Linnaeus 1758 [orca]

Invalid names: Delphinus duhameli Lacépède 1804 [synonym], Delphinus gladiator Bonnaterre 1789 [synonym], Delphinus grampus Desmarest 1817 [synonym], Delphinus serra Borowski 1781 [synonym], Delphinus victorini Grill 1858 [synonym], Orca (Gladiator) latirostris Gray 1870 [synonym], Orca (Ophysia) pacifica Gray 1870 [synonym], Orca africana Gray 1871 [synonym], Orca antarctica Fischer 1876 [synonym], Orca ater Scammon and Cope 1869 [synonym], Orca capensis Gray 1846 [synonym], Orca eschrichtii Reinhardt 1866 [synonym], Orca gladiator Bonnaterre 1789 [synonym], Orca latirostris Gray 1870 [synonym], Orca magellanica Burmeister 1866 [synonym], Orca minor Malm 1871 [synonym], Orca pacifica Gray 1870 [synonym], Orca rectipinna Scammon and Cope 1869 [synonym], Orca schlegelii Lilljeborg 1866 [synonym], Orca stenorhyncha Gray 1870 [synonym], Orca tasmanica Gray 1871 [synonym], Orcinus glacialis Berzin and Vladimirov 1983 [synonym], Orcinus morzerbruynsus Heintzelman 1981 [synonym], Orcinus nanus Mikhalev and Ivashin 1981 [synonym], Physeter microps Fabricius 1780 [synonym]

†Orcinus paleorca Matsumoto 1937

Invalid names: Gladiator Gray 1870 [synonym], Ophysia Gray 1868 [synonym], Orca Gray 1846 [replaced]

G. †Pliodelphis Belluzzo and Lambert 2021

†Pliodelphis doelensis Belluzzo and Lambert 2021

G. Sotalia Gray 1866

Sotalia fluviatilis Gervais and Deville 1853

Invalid names: Delphinus pallidus Gervais 1855 [synonym], Delphinus tuchuschi Van Beneden and Gervais 1880 [synonym], Sotalia brasiliensis Van Beneden 1875 [synonym], Sotalia pallida Gervais 1855 [synonym], Steno tucuxi Gray 1857 [synonym]

Sotalia guianensis Van Beneden 1864

Invalid names: Sotalia maculiventer Owen 1866 [nomen dubium], Tucuxa Gray 1866 [synonym]

Subfm. Steninae Fraser and Purves 1960

Invalid names: Sotaliinae Kasuya 1973 [invalid subgroup]

G. Steno Gray 1846

Steno bredanensis Lesson 1828 [rough-toothed dolphin]

Invalid names: Delphinus (Steno) perspicillatus Peters 1877 [synonym], Delphinus chamissonis Wiegmann 1841 [synonym], Delphinus compressus Gray 1846 [synonym], Delphinus oxyrhynchus Gray 1850 [synonym], Delphinus perspicillatus Peters 1876 [synonym], Delphinus planiceps Van Breda 1829 [synonym], Delphinus reinwardtii Schlegel 1841 [synonym], Sotalia santonicus Lesson 1841 [synonym], Steno fuscus Gray 1846 [synonym], Steno perspicillatus True 1889 [synonym]

Invalid names: Delphinorhynchus santonicus Lesson 1828 [nomen dubium], Glyphidelphis Gervais 1859 [synonym], Stenopontistes Miranda-Ribeiro 1936 [synonym]

Invalid names: Catodontina Bonaparte 1849 [empty], Cephalorhynchinae Fraser and Purves 1960 [synonym], Grampidelphidae Nishiwaki 1963 [synonym], Hemisyntrachelidae Slijper 1936 [synonym], Holodontidae Brandt 1873 [synonym], Lagenorhynchina Gray 1868 [empty], Monoceratina Gray 1846 [empty], Orcaellinae Nishiwaki 1963 [empty], Orcina Bonaparte 1849 [empty], Pseudorcaina Gray 1871 [empty], Steno cudmorei Chapman 1917 [nomen dubium], Stenonina Gray 1868 [empty], Stenoninae Fraser and Purves 1960 [empty], Trispondylus Vanden Broeck 1874 [nomen dubium], Tursiops miocaenus Portis 1886 [nomen dubium]