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Taxon: Species Delphinus delphis Linnaeus, 1758 - common dolphin (mammal)
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Authorship

SN2000 author citation:  C. Linnaeus, 1758
Original name, rank, combination & spelling:  Linnaeus, C. 1758. Syst. Nat. (ed. 10) 1: 77.

Types

Type, by original designation, of: Delphinus (Genus) Linnaeus, 1758
Nominotypical taxon [ICZN]: Delphinus delphis delphis Linnaeus, 1758

Synonyms

Synonymous name: Delphinus albimanus T. R. Peale in Wilkes Ref: PBDB: 30 Apr 2013.
Synonymous name: Delphinus algeriensis Loche, 1860 Ref: PBDB: 30 Apr 2013.
Synonymous name: Delphinus bairdii Dall, 1873 Ref: G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill, 1991: 118.
Synonymous name: Delphinus capensis Gray, 1828 Ref: PBDB: 30 Apr 2013.
Synonymous name: Delphinus dussumieri Blanford, 1888 Ref: PBDB: 30 Apr 2013.
Synonymous name: Delphinus fluvofasciatus Wagner, 1853 Ref: PBDB: 30 Apr 2013.
Synonymous name: Delphinus forsteri J. E. Gray Ref: PBDB: 27 Oct 2013.
Synonymous name: Delphinus frithii Blyth, 1859 Ref: PBDB: 30 Apr 2013.
Synonymous name: Delphinus fulvifasciatus Wagner, 1846 Ref: PBDB: 30 Apr 2013.
Synonymous name: Delphinus janira Gray, 1846 Ref: PBDB: 27 Oct 2013.
Synonymous name: Delphinus longirostris Gray, 1828 Ref: PBDB: 17 Jul 2021.
Synonymous name: Delphinus loriger A. F. A. Wiegmann in J. A. Wagner in Schreber Ref: PBDB: 16 Jul 2021.
Synonymous name: Delphinus major Gray, 1866 Ref: PBDB: 27 Oct 2013.
Synonymous name: Delphinus microps Gray, 1846 Ref: PBDB: 17 Jul 2021.
Synonymous name: Delphinus moorei Gray, 1866 Ref: PBDB: 27 Oct 2013.
Synonymous name: Delphinus novaezelandiae Quoy & Gainard, 1830 Ref: PBDB: 30 Apr 2013.
Synonymous name: Delphinus pomeegra Owen, 1866 Ref: PBDB: 27 Oct 2013.
Synonymous name: Delphinus ponticus Barabash, 1935 Ref: PBDB: 30 Apr 2013.
Synonymous name: Delphinus sao J. E. Gray Ref: PBDB: 27 Oct 2013.
Synonymous name: Delphinus vulgaris Lacépède, 1804 Ref: PBDB: 27 Oct 2013.
Synonymous name: Delphinus walkeri Gray, 1866 Ref: PBDB: 27 Oct 2013.
Synonymous name: Delphinus zelandae Gray, 1843 Ref: PBDB: 30 Apr 2013.
Synonymous name: Eudelphinus pliocaenus (Gervais, 1859) Ref: PBDB: 7 Dec 2017.
Synonymous name: Eudelphinus tasmaniensis Van Beneden & Gervais, 1880 Ref: PBDB: 27 Oct 2013.
Synonymous name: Lagenorhynchus decastelnau Van Beneden, 1873 Ref: PBDB: 17 Jul 2021.

Vernacular Names (English)

Full name: common dolphin Ref: 1994
: saddleback dolphin
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