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Delphinus delphis (short-beaked common dolphin)

Mammalia - Cetacea - Delphinidae

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) and Portis (1925).

Subspecies
Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Delphinus delphis Linnaeus p. 77
1804Delphinus vulgaris Lacépède p. 250
1828Delphinus capensis Gray
1829Delphinus longirostris Cuvier
1829Delphinus delphis Fischer p. 506
1830Delphinus novaezelandiae Quoy and Gainard
1841Delphinus loriger Wiegmann figs. pl. 362
1842Delphinus delphis De Kay p. 136
1843Delphinus zelandae Gray
1846Delphinus delphis Gray p. 40
1846Delphinus janira Gray p. 41 figs. Pl. 23
1846Delphinus sao Gray p. 41
1846Delphinus forsteri Gray p. 42
1846Delphinus delphis Gray p. 84
1846Delphinus novaezelandiae Gray p. 412
1846Delphinus fulvifasciatus Wagner
1846Delphinus loriger Wiegmann figs. pl. 362
1847Delphinus delphis Nilsson p. 591
1848Delphinus albimanus Peale
1850Delphinus delphis Gray p. 120
1850Delphinus loriger Gray p. 120
1850Delphinus janira Gray p. 123
1850Delphinus novaezelandiae Gray p. 123
1850Delphinus forsteri Gray p. 124
1850Delphinus sao Gray p. 125
1852Delphinus delphis Gervais p. 149
1853Delphinus fluvofasciatus Wagner
1859Delphinus frithii Blyth
1859Delphinus pliocaenus Gervais p. 304
1860Delphinus algeriensis Loche
1864Delphinus delphis Gray p. 236
1865Delphinus moorii Gray p. 736
1866Delphinus microps Burmeister
1866Delphinus delphis Gray p. 213
1866Delphinus janira Gray p. 214
1866Delphinus major Gray p. 214
1866Delphinus moorei Gray p. 214
1866Delphinus walkeri Gray p. 214
1866Delphinus delphis Gray p. 242
1866Delphinus janira Gray p. 245
1866Delphinus novaezelandiae Gray p. 246
1866Delphinus forsteri Gray p. 248
1866Delphinus frithii Gray p. 248
1866Delphinus sao Gray p. 248
1866Delphinus fulvifasciatus Gray p. 252
1866Delphinus moorei Gray p. 391
1866Delphinus major Gray p. 396
1866Delphinus walkeri Gray p. 397 figs. Figure 100
1866Delphinus moorii Gray p. 736
1866Delphinus pomeegra Owen p. 23 figs. Pl. 6
1868Delphinus delphis Gray p. 5
1868Delphinus forsteri Gray p. 5
1868Delphinus janira Gray p. 5
1868Delphinus major Gray p. 5
1868Delphinus moorei Gray p. 5
1868Delphinus pomeegra Gray p. 5
1868Delphinus walkeri Gray p. 5
1873Delphinus bairdii Dall p. 12
1873Lagenorhynchus decastelnau Van Beneden
1880Eudelphinus tasmaniensis Van Beneden and Gervais
1891Delphinus dussumieri Blanford
1891Delphinus delphis Newton p. 79
1898Delphinus delphis Trouessart p. 1032
1902Delphinus delphis Hay p. 593
1904Eudelphinus delphis Palmer p. 274
1904Delphinus delphis Trouessart p. 765
1904Delphinus dussumieri Trouessart p. 765
1904Delphinus frithi Trouessart p. 765
1906Delphinus delphis Joleaud p. 379
1911Delphinus delphis Thomas p. 158
1912Delphinus delphis Turner p. 131
1922Delphinus delphis Oliver p. 583
1922Delphinus delphis Osborn p. 437
1925Eudelphinus delphis Portis p. 14
1925Eudelphinus pliocaenus Portis p. 14
1929Delphinus delphis Dal Piaz p. 85
1935Delphinus ponticus Barabash
1952Delphinus delphis Sherman p. 99
1963Delphinus capensis Scheffer and Rice p. 6
1963Delphinus delphis Scheffer and Rice p. 6
1966Delphinus delphis Hershkovitz p. 42
1971Delphinus tropicalis van Bree
1977Delphinus delphis Barnes p. 323 figs. Table 1
1988Delphinus delphis tropicalis Lal Mohan p. 93
1991Delphinus delphis Fordyce p. 1180
1991Delphinus delphis Vidal p. 5
1994Delphinus delphis Heyning and Perrin p. 21
1994Delphinus capensis Heyning and Perrin p. 29
1998Delphinus delphis Rice p. 111
1998Delphinus tropicalis Rice p. 112
2005Delphinus capensis Mead and Brownell p. 727
2005Delphinus delphis Mead and Brownell p. 728
2008Delphinus capensis Agnarsson and May-Collado p. 981 figs. Fig. 2
2008Delphinus delphis Agnarsson and May-Collado p. 981 figs. Fig. 2
2008Delphinus tropicalis Agnarsson and May-Collado p. 981 figs. Fig. 2
2008Delphinus delphis Uhen et al. p. 592
2009Delphinus delphis Fordyce and Roberts p. 553
2013Delphinus capensis Perrin et al. p. 571 figs. Table 1
2013Delphinus delphis Perrin et al. p. 571 figs. Table 1
2021Delphinus delphis Jefferson p. 40

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Life
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
subclassSynapsida
Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
RankNameAuthor
Theriiformes()
Trechnotheria
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
Boreoeutheria
Laurasiatheria
Scrotifera
Euungulata
Artiodactylamorpha
Artiodactyla()
Whippomorpha
orderCetacea
Pelagiceti
Neoceti
suborderOdontoceti
infraorderDelphinida
superfamilyDelphinoidea
familyDelphinidae
subfamilyDelphininae
genusDelphinus
speciesdelphis

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Delphinus delphis Linnaeus 1758 [short-beaked common dolphin]
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Invalid names: Delphinus albimanus Peale 1848 [synonym], Delphinus algeriensis Loche 1860 [synonym], Delphinus bairdii Dall 1873 [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 sao Gray 1846 [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