List of Nominal Species of Delphinidae
(marine or true dolphins)
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Nominal Species (n = 86) Present allocation (n = 26) Ref.
Delphinus aduncus Ehrenberg, 1833 Tursiops aduncus 1522
Delphinus aesthenops Cope, 1865 Stenella coeruleoalba 81206
Delphinus amphitriteus Philippi, 1893 Stenella coeruleoalba 81206
Feresa attenuata Gray, 1874 Feresa attenuata 19
Stenella attenuata subspecies A Perrin, 1975 Stenella attenuata 1522
Stenella attenuata subspecies B Perrin, 1975 Stenella attenuata 1522
Tursiops australis Charlton-Robb, Gershwin, Thompson, Austin, Owen & McKechnie, 2011 Tursiops australis 3477
Delphinus bairdii Dall, 1873 Delphinus delphis 1522
Sotalia borneensis Lydekker, 1901 Sousa chinensis 3477
Sousa borneensis Fraser & Purves, 1960 Sousa chinensis 3477
Sotalia brasiliensis van Bénéden, 1875 Sotalia guianensis 1522
Orcaella brevirostris fluminalis Gray, 1871 Orcaella brevirostris 1522
Clymene burmeisteri Malm, 1871 Stenella coeruleoalba 81206
Delphinus capensis Gray, 1828 Delphinus delphis 129183
Tursiops catalania Gray, 1862 Tursiops aduncus 1522
Delphinus chinensis Osbeck, 1765 Sousa chinensis 3477
Sotalia chinensis True, 1889 Sousa chinensis 3477
Steno chinensis Gray, 1871 Sousa chinensis 3477
Delphinus clymene Gray, 1850 Stenella clymene 81051
Prodelphinus clymene Lütken, 1889 Stenella clymene 81051
Delphinus coeruleoalbus Meyen, 1833 Stenella coeruleoalba
Cephalorhynchus commersonii kerguelensis Robineau, Goodall, Pichler & Baker, 2007 Cephalorhynchus commersonii 3477
Delphinus crotaphiscus Cope, 1865 Stenella coeruleoalba 81206
Delphinus delphis Linnaeus, 1758 Delphinus delphis 3477
Delphinus delphis bairdii Tomilin, 1957 Delphinus delphis 1522
Delphinus delphis delphis Linneaus, 1758 Delphinus delphis 3477
Delphinus delphis ponticus Barabash-Nikiforov, 1935 Delphinus delphis 1522
Tursio dorcides Gray, 1866 Stenella coeruleoalba 81206
Delphinus dussumieri Blanford, 1891 Delphinus delphis 79556
Delphinus euphrosyne Gray, 1846 Stenella coeruleoalba 81206
Cephalorhynchus eutropia Gray, 1846 Cephalorhynchus eutropia 19
Sotalia fergusoni Lydekker, 1903 Sousa plumbea 3477
Tursiops gephyreus Lahille, 1908 Tursiops truncatus 1522
Orcinus glacialis Berzin & Vladimirov, 1983 Orcinus orca 1522
Delphinus guianensis Van Beneden, 1864 Sotalia guianensis 3477
Steno guianensis Trouessart, 1898 Sotalia guianensis 3477
Tursio guianensis Gray, 1866 Sotalia guianensis 3477
Electra hectori Van Beneden, 1881 Cephalorhynchus hectori 3477
Cephalorhyncus hectori bicolor Oliver, 1946 Cephalorhynchus hectori 1522
Cephalorhynchus hectori maui Baker, Smith & Pichler, 2002 Cephalorhynchus hectori 3477
Orcaella heinsohni Beasley, Robertson & Arnold, 2005 Orcaella heinsohni 78832
Delphinus holbollii Eschricht, 1847 Stenella coeruleoalba 81206
Lagenodelphis hosei Fraser, 1956 Lagenodelphis hosei 19
Sousa huangi Wang, 1999 Sousa chinensis 78806
Delphinus lateralis Peale, 1848 Stenella coeruleoalba 81206
Steno lentigenosus Blanford, 1891 Sousa chinensis 3477
Sousa lentiginosa Iredale & Troughton, 1934 Sousa chinensis 3477
Delphinus lentiginosus Owen, 1866 Sousa plumbea 3477
Sotalia lentiginosus Flower, 1884 Sousa plumbea 3477
Steno lentiginosus Gray, 1866 Sousa chinensis 3477
Globicephala leucosagmaphora Rayner, 1939 Globicephala melas 1522
Delphinus longirostris Cuvier, 1829 Delphinus delphis 79556
Stenella longirostris centroamericana Perrin, 1990 Stenella longirostris 1522
Stenella longirostris orientalis Perrin, 1990 Stenella longirostris 1522
Globicephala macrorhynchus Gray, 1846 Globicephala macrorhynchus 19
Delphinus marginatus Pucheran, 1856 Stenella coeruleoalba 81206
Delphinus mediterraneus Loche, 1860 Stenella coeruleoalba 81206
Delphinus metis Gray, 1846 Stenella clymene 81051
Orcinus nanus Mikhalev, Ivashin, Savusin, & Zelenaya, 1981 Orcinus orca 1522
Clymene normalis Gray, 1866 Stenella clymene 81051
Clymenia normalis Gray, 1868 Stenella clymene 81051
Clymenia novaezelandiae Hector, 1873 Stenella coeruleoalba
Tursiops nuuanu Andrews, 1911 Tursiops truncatus 128820
Lagenorhynchus obliquidens Gill, 1865 Lagenorhynchus obliquidens 19
Feresa occulta Packard & Jones, 1956 Feresa attenuata 1522
Lagenorhynchus ognevi Sleptsov, 1955 Lagenorhynchus obliquidens 1522
Prodelphinus petersii Lütken, 1889 Lagenorhynchus obscurus 1522
Prodelphinus plagiodon True, 1885 Stenella frontalis 3477
Delphinus plumbeus Cuvier, 1829 Sousa plumbea 3477
Sotalia plumbeus Flower, 1883 Sousa plumbea 3477
Steno plumbeus Blanford, 1891 Sousa plumbea 3477
Sousa queenslandensis Gaskin, 1972 Sousa chinensis 3477
Sousa sahulensis Jefferson & Rosenbaum, 2014 Sousa sahulensis 3477
Globicephala sieboldii Gray, 1846 Globicephala macrorhynchus 1522
Clymene similis Gray, 1868 Stenella coeruleoalba 81206
Delphinus sinensis Desmarest, 1822 Sousa chinensis 3477
Sotalia sinensis Flower, 1883 Sousa chinensis 3477
Delphinus styx Gray, 1846 Stenella coeruleoalba 81206
Delphinus tethyos Gervais, 1853 Stenella coeruleoalba 81206
Delphinus tropicalis van Bree, 1971 Delphinus delphis 79556
Tursiops truncatus gephyreus Lahille, 1908 Tursiops truncatus 128824
Tursiops truncatus gillii Dall, 1873 Tursiops truncatus 1522
Tursiops truncatus nuuanu Andrews, 1911 Tursiops truncatus 128820
Tursiops truncatus ponticus Barabash-Nikiforov, 1940 Tursiops truncatus 1522
Lagenorhynchus wilsoni Lillie, 1915 Lagenorhynchus cruciger 1522
Stenopontistes zambezicus Ribiero, 1936 Sousa chinensis 3477
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