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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) and Bonaparte (1850); to Denticete by Gray (1866), Scammon and Cope (1869), Gill (1871) and Gill (1872); to Denticete by Gray (1864) and Gill (1873); to Odontoceta by Ameghino (1889); to Odontocete by Hay (1902) and Hay (1930); to Delphinoceti by Abel (1914), Portis (1925), Dal Piaz (1929) and Van Deinse (1931); to Odontoceti by Winge (1921) and Slijper (1936); to Cetacea by De Kay (1842), Bronn (1853), Pictet (1853), Leidy (1873), Newton (1891) and 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) and Mead and Brownell (2005); and to Delphinoidea by Gray (1868), Gray (1870), Simpson (1945), Fraser and Purves (1960), 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) and Citron et al. (2022).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1821Delphinidae Gray p. 310
1825Delphinidae Gray p. 340
1826Delphinus malayanus Lesson
1829Delphinus malayanus Fischer p. 508
1842Delphinidae De Kay
1846Delphinidae Gray p. 21
1846Steno malayanus Gray p. 43
1849Delphinidae Bonaparte p. 618
1850Delphinidae Bonaparte p. 1
1850Delphinidae Gray p. 57
1850Steno malayanus Gray p. 127
1853Delphinidae Bronn p. 758
1853Delphinidae Pictet p. 381
1864Delphinidae Gray p. 235
1866Delphinidae Gray p. 62
1866Steno malayanus Gray p. 232
1867Delphinidae Flower p. 113
1868Delphinidae Gray p. 4
1869Delphinidae Scammon and Cope p. 20
1870Delphinidae Gray p. 772
1871Delphinidae Gill p. 123
1872Delphinidae Gill p. 95
1873Holodontidae Brandt p. 226
1873Delphinidae Gill p. 27
1873Delphinidae Leidy p. 337
1874Holodontidae Brandt p. II
1874Trispondylus Vanden Broeck p. 146
1874Trispondylus kleini Vanden Broeck p. 147
1883Delphinidae Flower p. 184
1886Tursiops miocaenus Portis figs. Fig. 5
1887Delphinidae Lydekker p. 75
1889Delphinidae Ameghino p. 885
1889Delphinidae Cope p. 876
1890Delphinidae Cope p. 609
1891Delphinidae Flower and Lydekker p. 89
1891Delphinidae Newton p. 76
1895Delphinidae Flores p. 12
1898Delphinidae Trouessart p. 1026
1898Tursiops miocaenus Trouessart p. 1029
1902Delphinidae Hay p. 593
1904Delphinidae Case p. 29
1904Delphinidae Trouessart p. 763
1904Tursiops miocaenus Trouessart p. 764
1904Prodelphinus malayanus Trouessart p. 766
1904Delphinidae Weber p. 579
1905Delphinidae Abel p. 139
1908Delphinidae True p. 391
1911Delphinidae Jaekel p. 231
1912Delphinidae Turner p. 96
1914Delphinidae Abel p. 221
1917Steno cudmorei Chapman p. 41 figs. Plate IV, FIg 5
1921Delphinidae Winge p. 8
1923Delphinidae Miller p. 40
1925Delphinidae Portis p. 14
1925Delphinidae Zittel p. 87
1928Delphinidae Kellogg p. 33 figs. Table 1
1928Delphinidae Weber p. 389
1929Delphinidae Dal Piaz p. 84
1930Delphinidae Hay p. 585
1931Delphinidae Van Deinse p. 33
1936Hemisyntrachelidae Slijper p. 552
1936Delphinidae Slijper p. 555
1945Hemisyntrachelidae Simpson p. 102
1945Delphinidae Simpson p. 103
1951Delphinidae Ellerman and Morrisson-Scott p. 730
1960Cephalorhynchinae Fraser and Purves p. 112 figs. Figure 26
1960Delphinidae Fraser and Purves p. 112 figs. Figure 26
1963Grampidelphidae Nishiwaki
1963Delphinidae Scheffer and Rice p. 5
1966Delphinidae Hershkovitz p. 15
1973Delphinidae Kasuya p. 61
1985Delphinidae Barnes et al. p. 25
1985Tursiops miocaenus Pilleri p. 19
1985Delphinidae Pilleri p. 62
1987Tursiops miocaenus Pilleri p. 146
1988Delphinidae Carroll
1988Delphinidae Heyning and Dahleim p. 1
1988Cephalorhynchinae de Muizon p. 162
1988Delphinidae de Muizon p. 188
1991Delphinidae Nowak
1991Delphinidae Vidal p. 5
1993Delphinidae Benton p. 762
1993Hemisyntrachelidae Benton p. 762
1993Delphinidae Jefferson and Newcomer p. 1
1994Delphinidae Fordyce and Barnes p. 429 figs. Table 1
1994Delphinidae Jefferson and Leatherwood p. 1
1994Delphinidae Stacey et al. p. 1
1995Delphinidae Fordyce et al. p. 379
1996Delphinidae Newcomer et al. p. 1
1996Delphinidae da Silva and Best p. 1
1997Delphinidae McKenna and Bell p. 384
1997Cephalorhynchinae McKenna and Bell p. 386
1997Hemisyntrachelidae McKenna and Bell p. 391
2001Delphinidae Fordyce and de Muizon p. 179
2001Delphinidae Jefferson and Karczmarski p. 1
2001Delphinidae Perrin p. 1
2002Delphinidae Perrin p. 1
2002Delphinidae Rice p. 231 figs. Table 1
2003Delphinidae Geisler and Sanders p. 28
2004Cephalorhynchinae Buchholtz and Schur p. 384 figs. Figure 1
2004Holodontidae Schultze p. 474
2005Delphinidae Bianucci p. 331
2005Delphinidae Mead and Brownell p. 726
2007Delphinidae Bianucci and Landini p. 45 figs. Table 2.1
2008Delphinidae Foekens p. 7 figs. Table 1
2008Delphinidae Uhen et al. p. 592
2008Delphinidae Whitmore and Kaltenbach p. 218
2009Delphinidae Aguirre-Fernández et al.
2009Delphinidae Fordyce and Roberts p. 553
2010Delphinidae Canto et al. p. 20
2010Holodontidae Clement and Long
2010Delphinidae Post and Kompanje p. 2
2011Delphinidae Geisler et al. p. 29 figs. Figure 5
2013Delphinidae Bianucci p. 723
2014Delphinidae Murakami et al. p. 493
2016Delphinidae Marx et al. p. 139
2017Delphinidae Berta p. 164
2021Delphinidae Belluzzo and Lambert p. 79
2022Delphinidae Citron et al. p. 169

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—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
familyDelphinidae

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.

Fm. Delphinidae Gray 1821 [dolphin]
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G. †Arimidelphis Bianucci 2005
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†Arimidelphis sorbinii Bianucci 2005
G. †Australodelphis Fordyce et al. 2002
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†Australodelphis mirus Fordyce et al. 2002
Subfm. †Delphininae Flower 1867
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G. †Astadelphis Bianucci 1996
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†Astadelphis gastaldii Brandt 1874
G. Delphinus Linnaeus 1758 [common dolphin]
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†Delphinus baltringii Van Beneden 1876
†Delphinus brevidens Dubreuil and Gervais 1849
†Delphinus delannoy Van Beneden 1860
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]
†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 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 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
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†Etruridelphis giulii Lawley 1876
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Invalid names: Steno bellardii Portis 1886 [synonym]
G. Lagenodelphis Fraser 1956
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Lagenodelphis hosei Fraser 1956 [Fraser's dolphin]
G. †Septidelphis Bianucci 2013
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†Septidelphis morii Bianucci 2013
G. Sousa Gray 1866
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Sousa chinensis Osbeck 1765 [Chinese white dolphin]
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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
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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
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Invalid names: Sousa queenslandensis Gaskin 1972 [synonym]
Sousa teuszii Kukenthal 1892
G. Stenella Gray 1866
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Stenella attenuata Gray 1846 [pantropical spotted dolphin]
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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
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Invalid names: Clymene normalis Gray 1866 [synonym], Clymenia normalis Gray 1868 [synonym], Prodelphinus clymene Lutken 1889 [synonym]
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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
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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]
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Invalid names: Clymenia 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
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Tursiops aduncus Ehrenberg 1832
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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
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Invalid names: Delphinapterus brocchii Brandt 1873 [synonym]
†Tursiops osennae Simonelli 1911
Tursiops truncatus Gray 1866 [common bottlenose dolphin]
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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
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†Eodelphinus kabatensis Horikawa 1977
Invalid names: Eodelphis Murakami et al. 2014 [replaced]
Subfm. Globicephalinae Gray 1866
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G. Feresa Gray 1870 [pygmy killer whale]
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Feresa attenuata Gray 1874 [pygmy killer whale]
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Invalid names: Delphinus intermedius Gray 1827 [synonym], Feresa occulta Jones and Packard 1956 [synonym]
G. Globicephala Lesson 1828 [pilot whale]
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†Globicephala etruriae Pilleri 1987
Globicephala macrorhynchus Gray 1846 [short-finned pilot whale]
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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 melas Traill 1809 [long-finned pilot whale]
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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], 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
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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
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Grampus griseus Cuvier 1812 [Risso's dolphin]
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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
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Orcaella brevirostris Gray 1866 [Irrawaddy dolphin]
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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
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Peponocephala electra Gray 1846 [melon-headed whale]
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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
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†Platalearostrum hoekmani Post and Kompanje 2010 [Hoekman’s blunt-snouted dolphin]
G. †Protoglobicephala Aguirre-Fernández et al. 2009
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†Protoglobicephala mexicana Aguirre-Fernández et al. 2009
G. Pseudorca Reinhardt 1862 [false killer whale]
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Pseudorca crassidens Owen 1846 [false killer whale]
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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
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†Rododelphis stamatiadisi Bianucci et al. 2022
Invalid names: Globidelphinidae Nishiwaki 1963 [invalid subgroup], Globiocephalina Gray 1864 [synonym], Grampidae Nishiwaki 1964 [invalid subgroup]
G. †Hemisyntrachelus Brandt 1873
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†Hemisyntrachelus cortesii Fischer 1829
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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
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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]
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Invalid names: Delphinus ibsenii Eschricht 1846 [synonym], Delphinus pseudotursio Reichenbach 1846 [synonym], Delphinus tursio Brightwell 1846 [replaced]
†Lagenorhynchus harmatuki Whitmore and Kaltenbach 2008
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
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G. Cephalorhynchus Gray 1846
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Invalid names: Lagenorhynchus burmeisteri Moreno 1892 [synonym], Lagenorhynchus floweri Moreno 1892 [synonym]
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Invalid names: Delphinus lunatus Lesson 1826 [synonym], Eutropia dickiei Gray 1866 [synonym], Phocaena albiventris Perez Canto 1893 [synonym], Tursio platyrrhinus Philippi 1895 [synonym]
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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
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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
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Invalid names: Lagenorhynchus thicolea Gray 1846 [synonym]
†Lissodelphis fockii Brandt 1873
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†Lissodelphis fockii minor Macarovici and Zaharia 1968
†Lissodelphis fockii major Macarovici and Zaharia 1968
†Lissodelphis nordmanni Brandt 1873
Lissodelphis peronii Lacépède 1804 [southern right whale dolphin]
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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
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Invalid names: Tursio chiloensis Philippi 1900 [synonym]
Sagmatias cruciger Quoy and Gaimard 1824
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Invalid names: Delphinus albigena Quoy and Gaimard 1824 [synonym], Delphinus bivittatus Lesson and Garnot 1826 [synonym], Delphinus obscurus Gray 1850 [synonym], Lagenorhynchus wilsoni Lillie 1915 [synonym], Phocaena dorbignyi Philippi 1893 [synonym], Phocaena homeii Smith 1828 [synonym]
Sagmatias obliquidens Gill 1865 [Pacific white-sided dolphin]
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Invalid names: Delphinus longidens Cope 1866 [synonym], Lagenorhynchus ognevi Slensov 1955 [synonym]
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Invalid names: Clymenia similis Gray 1868 [synonym], Delphinus breviceps Wiegmann 1840 [synonym], Delphinus breviceps Jacquinot and Pucheran 1853 [synonym], Delphinus fitzroyi Waterhouse 1838 [synonym], Lagenorhynchus similis Gray 1868 [synonym], Prodelphinus petersii Reinhardt 1889 [synonym], Tursio panope Canto 1896 [synonym]
G. †Norisdelphis Kimura and Hasegawa 2020
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†Norisdelphis annakaensis Kimura and Hasegawa 2020
Subfm. Orcininae Wagner 1846
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Invalid names: Orcadae Gray 1870 [synonym], Orcadina Gray 1868 [synonym]
G. Orcinus Fitzinger 1860 [killer whale]
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†Orcinus citoniensis Capellini 1883
†Orcinus meyeri Brandt 1873
Orcinus orca Linnaeus 1758 [orca]
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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 (Gladiator) stenorhyncha 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 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
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†Pliodelphis doelensis Belluzzo and Lambert 2021
G. Sotalia Gray 1866
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Sotalia fluviatilis Gervais and Deville 1853
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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
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Invalid names: Sotaliinae Kasuya 1973 [invalid subgroup]
G. Steno Gray 1846
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Steno bredanensis Lesson 1828 [rough-toothed dolphin]
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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], Delphinus malayanus Lesson 1826 [nomen nudum], 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], 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]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available