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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 is the type species of Delphinus.

It was recombined as Eudelphinus delphis by Palmer (1904) and Portis (1925).

Subspecies

D. delphis

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

D. heavisidei

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Synonyms

Delphinus marginatus was named by Duvernoy (1857). It is extant.

It was synonymized subjectively with Prodelphinus euphrosine by Trouessart (1904); it was synonymized subjectively with Delphinus delphis by Hershkovitz (1966); it was synonymized subjectively with Stenella coeruleoalba by Archer and Perrin (1999).
Delphinus albimanus was named by Peale (1848). It is extant.

It was synonymized subjectively with Delphinus delphis by Hershkovitz (1966) and Heyning and Perrin (1994).
Delphinus frithii was named by Blyth (1859). It is extant. Its type specimen is Calcutta Museum, a skull.

It was synonymized subjectively with Delphinus delphis by Hershkovitz (1966).
Delphinus fulvifasciatus was named by Wagner (1846). It is extant. Its type specimen is MNHN CAC: A.3025, a skull.

It was synonymized subjectively with Delphinus delphis by Hershkovitz (1966), Heyning and Perrin (1994) and Mead and Brownell (2005).
Delphinus walkeri was named by Gray (1866). It is extant. Its type specimen is Liverpool Free Museum, a skull.

It was synonymized subjectively with Delphinus delphis by Hershkovitz (1966).
Delphinus ponticus was named by Barabash (1935). It is extant.

It was synonymized subjectively with Delphinus delphis by Mead and Brownell (2005).
Delphinus loriger was named by Wiegmann (1846). It is extant.

It was synonymized subjectively with Stenella dubia by Hershkovitz (1966); it was synonymized subjectively with Delphinus delphis by Heyning and Perrin (1994).
Delphinus dussumieri was named by Blanford (1891). It is extant.

It was synonymized subjectively with Delphinus delphis by Hershkovitz (1966).
Delphinus algeriensis was named by Loche (1860). It is extant. Its type specimen is Natural History Museum of Algiers, a skull (skin with skull).

It was synonymized subjectively with Delphinus delphis by Heyning and Perrin (1994).
Delphinus zelandae was named by Gray (1843). It is extant.

It was synonymized subjectively with Delphinus delphis by Heyning and Perrin (1994).
Delphinus major was named by Gray (1866). It is extant. Its type specimen is BMNH 1852.10.5.2, a skull.

It was synonymized subjectively with Delphinus delphis by Trouessart (1898) and Hershkovitz (1966); it was synonymized subjectively with Delphinus capensis by Mead and Brownell (2005).
Delphinus fluvofasciatus was named by Wagner (1853). It is extant.

It was synonymized subjectively with Delphinus delphis by Trouessart (1898) and Hershkovitz (1966).
Delphinus forsteri was named by Gray (1846). It is extant.

It was synonymized subjectively with Delphinus delphis by Trouessart (1898), Hershkovitz (1966) and Heyning and Perrin (1994).
Delphinus pomeegra was named by Owen (1866). It is extant. Its type specimen is BMNH 1478a-66.2.5.5, a skull.

It was synonymized subjectively with Delphinus delphis by Trouessart (1898), Hershkovitz (1966) and Mead and Brownell (2005).
Delphinus janira was named by Gray (1846). It is extant. Its type specimen is Museum of the Bristal Institution, a skull.

It was synonymized subjectively with Delphinus delphis by Trouessart (1898), Hershkovitz (1966), Heyning and Perrin (1994) and Mead and Brownell (2005).
Delphinus vulgaris was named by Lacepede (1804). It is extant.

It was synonymized subjectively with Delphinus delphis by Gray (1846), Hershkovitz (1966), Heyning and Perrin (1994) and Mead and Brownell (2005).
Delphinus novaezelandiae was named by Quoy and Gainard (1830). It is extant.

It was synonymized subjectively with Delphinus delphis by Hershkovitz (1966) and Heyning and Perrin (1994).
Delphinus sao was named by Gray (1846) [type specimen missing according to Heyning and Perrin (1994)]. It is extant.

It was synonymized subjectively with Delphinus delphis by Hershkovitz (1966).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1758	Delphinus delphis Linnaeus p. 77
1804	Delphinus vulgaris Lacepede p. 250
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 sao Gray p. 41
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 delphis Gervais p. 149
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
1850	Delphinus sao Gray p. 125
1853	Delphinus fluvofasciatus Wagner
1857	Delphinus marginatus Duvernoy
1859	Delphinus frithii Blyth
1860	Delphinus algeriensis Loche
1864	Delphinus delphis Gray p. 236
1866	Delphinus delphis Gray p. 213
1866	Delphinus janira Gray p. 214
1866	Delphinus major Gray p. 214
1866	Delphinus walkeri Gray p. 214
1866	Delphinus delphis Gray p. 242
1866	Delphinus janira Gray p. 245
1866	Delphinus marginatus Gray p. 245
1866	Delphinus novaezelandiae Gray p. 246
1866	Delphinus forsteri Gray p. 248
1866	Delphinus frithii Gray p. 248
1866	Delphinus sao Gray p. 248
1866	Delphinus fulvifasciatus Gray p. 252
1866	Delphinus major Gray p. 396
1866	Delphinus walkeri Gray p. 397 figs. Figure 100
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 pomeegra Gray p. 5
1868	Delphinus walkeri Gray p. 5
1891	Delphinus dussumieri Blanford
1891	Delphinus delphis Newton p. 79
1898	Delphinus delphis Trouessart p. 1032
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
1925	Eudelphinus delphis Portis p. 14
1929	Delphinus delphis Dal Piaz p. 85
1935	Delphinus ponticus Barabash
1963	Delphinus delphis Scheffer and Rice p. 6
1966	Delphinus delphis Hershkovitz p. 42
1977	Delphinus delphis Barnes p. 323 figs. Table 1
1991	Delphinus delphis Vidal p. 5
1994	Delphinus delphis Heyning and Perrin p. 21
1998	Delphinus delphis Rice p. 111
2005	Delphinus delphis Mead and Brownell p. 728
2008	Delphinus delphis 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

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