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Delphinus delphis (short-beaked common dolphin)
Taxonomy
Delphinus delphis was named by Linnaeus (1758) [No type specimen designated (Hershkovitz, 1966; Heyning & Perrin, 1994.
No type specimen designated (Hershkovitz, 1966; Heyning & Perrin, 1994.]. It is extant.
It was recombined as Eudelphinus delphis by Palmer (1904), Portis (1925).
It was recombined as Eudelphinus delphis by Palmer (1904), Portis (1925).
Subspecies
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1758 | Delphinus delphis Linnaeus p. 77 |
| 1804 | Delphinus vulgaris Lacépède p. 250 |
| 1828 | Delphinus capensis Gray |
| 1829 | Delphinus longirostris Cuvier |
| 1829 | Delphinus delphis Fischer p. 506 |
| 1830 | Delphinus novaezelandiae Quoy and Gainard |
| 1841 | Delphinus loriger Wiegmann figs. pl. 362 |
| 1842 | Delphinus delphis De Kay p. 136 |
| 1843 | Delphinus zelandae Gray |
| 1846 | Delphinus delphis Gray p. 40 |
| 1846 | Delphinus janira Gray p. 41 figs. Pl. 23 |
| 1846 | Delphinus forsteri Gray p. 42 |
| 1846 | Delphinus delphis Gray p. 84 |
| 1846 | Delphinus novaezelandiae Gray p. 412 |
| 1846 | Delphinus fulvifasciatus Wagner |
| 1846 | Delphinus loriger Wiegmann figs. pl. 362 |
| 1847 | Delphinus delphis Nilsson p. 591 |
| 1848 | Delphinus albimanus Peale |
| 1850 | Delphinus delphis Gray p. 120 |
| 1850 | Delphinus loriger Gray p. 120 |
| 1850 | Delphinus janira Gray p. 123 |
| 1850 | Delphinus novaezelandiae Gray p. 123 |
| 1850 | Delphinus forsteri Gray p. 124 |
| 1852 | Delphinus delphis Gervais p. 149 |
| 1853 | Delphinus fluvofasciatus Wagner |
| 1859 | Delphinus frithii Blyth |
| 1859 | Delphinus pliocaenus Gervais p. 304 |
| 1860 | Delphinus algeriensis Loche |
| 1864 | Delphinus delphis Gray p. 236 |
| 1865 | Delphinus moorii Gray p. 736 |
| 1866 | Delphinus microps Burmeister |
| 1866 | Delphinus delphis Gray p. 213 |
| 1866 | Delphinus janira Gray p. 214 |
| 1866 | Delphinus major Gray p. 214 |
| 1866 | Delphinus moorei Gray p. 214 |
| 1866 | Delphinus walkeri Gray p. 214 |
| 1866 | Delphinus delphis Gray p. 242 |
| 1866 | Delphinus janira Gray p. 245 |
| 1866 | Delphinus novaezelandiae Gray p. 246 |
| 1866 | Delphinus forsteri Gray p. 248 |
| 1866 | Delphinus frithii Gray p. 248 |
| 1866 | Delphinus fulvifasciatus Gray p. 252 |
| 1866 | Delphinus moorei Gray p. 391 |
| 1866 | Delphinus major Gray p. 396 |
| 1866 | Delphinus walkeri Gray p. 397 figs. Figure 100 |
| 1866 | Delphinus moorii Gray p. 736 |
| 1866 | Delphinus pomeegra Owen p. 23 figs. Pl. 6 |
| 1868 | Delphinus delphis Gray p. 5 |
| 1868 | Delphinus forsteri Gray p. 5 |
| 1868 | Delphinus janira Gray p. 5 |
| 1868 | Delphinus major Gray p. 5 |
| 1868 | Delphinus moorei Gray p. 5 |
| 1868 | Delphinus pomeegra Gray p. 5 |
| 1868 | Delphinus walkeri Gray p. 5 |
| 1871 | Delphinus delphis Gray p. 68 |
| 1871 | Delphinus fulvifasciatus Gray p. 68 |
| 1871 | Delphinus janira Gray p. 68 |
| 1871 | Delphinus major Gray p. 68 |
| 1871 | Delphinus moorei Gray p. 68 |
| 1871 | Delphinus walkeri Gray p. 68 |
| 1871 | Delphinus forsteri Gray p. 69 |
| 1871 | Delphinus pomeegra Gray p. 69 |
| 1873 | Delphinus delphis Scott p. 72 |
| 1873 | Delphinus janira Scott p. 73 |
| 1873 | Delphinus major Scott p. 73 |
| 1873 | Delphinus moorei Scott p. 73 |
| 1873 | Delphinus albimanus Scott p. 74 |
| 1873 | Delphinus fulvifasciatus Scott p. 74 |
| 1873 | Delphinus novaezelandiae Scott p. 74 |
| 1873 | Delphinus frithii Scott p. 75 |
| 1873 | Delphinus pomeegra Scott p. 75 |
| 1873 | Delphinus walkeri Scott p. 75 |
| 1873 | Delphinus forsteri Scott p. 76 |
| 1873 | Delphinus capensis Scott p. 78 |
| 1873 | Lagenorhynchus decastelnau Van Beneden |
| 1880 | Eudelphinus tasmaniensis Van Beneden and Gervais |
| 1891 | Delphinus dussumieri Blanford |
| 1891 | Delphinus delphis Newton p. 79 |
| 1898 | Delphinus delphis Trouessart p. 1032 |
| 1902 | Delphinus delphis Hay p. 593 |
| 1904 | Eudelphinus delphis Palmer p. 274 |
| 1904 | Delphinus delphis Trouessart p. 765 |
| 1904 | Delphinus dussumieri Trouessart p. 765 |
| 1904 | Delphinus frithi Trouessart p. 765 |
| 1906 | Delphinus delphis Joleaud p. 379 |
| 1911 | Delphinus delphis Thomas p. 158 |
| 1912 | Delphinus delphis Turner p. 131 |
| 1922 | Delphinus delphis Oliver p. 583 |
| 1922 | Delphinus delphis Osborn p. 437 |
| 1925 | Eudelphinus delphis Portis p. 14 |
| 1925 | Eudelphinus pliocaenus Portis p. 14 |
| 1929 | Delphinus delphis Dal Piaz p. 85 |
| 1935 | Delphinus ponticus Barabash |
| 1952 | Delphinus delphis Sherman p. 99 |
| 1963 | Delphinus capensis Scheffer and Rice p. 6 |
| 1963 | Delphinus delphis Scheffer and Rice p. 6 |
| 1966 | Delphinus delphis Hershkovitz p. 42 |
| 1971 | Delphinus tropicalis van Bree |
| 1977 | Delphinus delphis Barnes p. 323 figs. Table 1 |
| 1988 | Delphinus delphis tropicalis Lal Mohan p. 93 |
| 1991 | Delphinus delphis Fordyce p. 1180 |
| 1991 | Delphinus delphis Vidal p. 5 |
| 1994 | Delphinus delphis Heyning and Perrin p. 21 |
| 1994 | Delphinus capensis Heyning and Perrin p. 29 |
| 1998 | Delphinus delphis Rice p. 111 |
| 1998 | Delphinus tropicalis Rice p. 112 |
| 2005 | Delphinus capensis Mead and Brownell p. 727 |
| 2005 | Delphinus delphis Mead and Brownell p. 728 |
| 2008 | Delphinus capensis Agnarsson and May-Collado p. 981 figs. Fig. 2 |
| 2008 | Delphinus delphis Agnarsson and May-Collado p. 981 figs. Fig. 2 |
| 2008 | Delphinus tropicalis Agnarsson and May-Collado p. 981 figs. Fig. 2 |
| 2008 | Delphinus delphis Uhen et al. p. 592 |
| 2009 | Delphinus delphis Fordyce and Roberts p. 553 |
| 2013 | Delphinus capensis Perrin et al. p. 571 figs. Table 1 |
| 2013 | Delphinus delphis Perrin et al. p. 571 figs. Table 1 |
| 2021 | Delphinus delphis Jefferson p. 40 |
| 2024 | Delphinus delphis Jefferson et al. p. 28 |
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Delphinus delphis Linnaeus 1758 [short-beaked common dolphin]
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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]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
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Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Waipipian to the top of the Holocene or 3.70000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 3.0 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 3.0 Ma
Collections (25 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Pliocene | Azerbaijan | Delphinus delphis (108338) | |
| Pliocene | Turkmenistan | Delphinus delphis (56640) | |
| Waipipian | New Zealand (Hawera) | Delphinus delphis (28039) | |
| Waipipian | New Zealand | Delphinus delphis (87884) | |
| Gelasian | United Kingdom (England) | Delphinus delphis (77747) | |
| Gelasian | United Kingdom | Delphinus delphis (69541) | |
| Early/Lower Pleistocene | Turkmenistan | Delphinus delphis (40693) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Spain | Delphinus delphis (90036) | |
| Holocene | Italy (Sicily) | Delphinus delphis (175523) | |
| Holocene | Bulgaria | Delphinus delphis (232847) | |
| Holocene | USA (North Carolina) | Delphinus delphis (168104) | |
| Holocene | Panama | Delphinus delphis (179577) | |
| Holocene | Bulgaria (Tolbuchin) | Delphinus delphis (227255) | |
| Holocene | South Africa | Delphinus delphis (168105 168108) | |
| Holocene | Ukraine | Delphinus delphis (235086) | |
| Holocene | Mexico (Baja California) | Delphinus delphis (201786) | |
| Holocene | Netherlands | Delphinus delphis (55533) | |
| Holocene | Japan | Delphinus delphis (54129) | |
| Holocene | Georgia | Delphinus delphis (235087 235088) | |
| Holocene | India | Delphinus delphis (168109) | |
| Holocene | Italy | Delphinus delphis (168110) | |
| Holocene | New Zealand | Delphinus delphis (168106 168107) |