WoRMS taxon details

Lagenorhynchus obscurus (Gray, 1828)

231434  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:231434)

accepted
Species
Electra breviceps Gray, 1868 · unaccepted (synonym)
Lagenorhynchus breviceps Gray, 1866 · unaccepted (synonym)
Lagenorhynchus fitzroy Bini, 1951 · unaccepted (synonym)
Lagenorhynchus fitzroyi Flower, 1885 · unaccepted (synonym)
Lissodelphis panope Trouessart, 1904 · unaccepted (synonym)
Phocaena fitzroyi Philippi, 1893 · unaccepted (synonym)
Prodelphinus obscurus Flower, 1885 · unaccepted (synonym)
Tursio obscurus Gray, 1866 · unaccepted (synonym for part of...)  
synonym for part of Lagenorhynchus obscurus
Tursio panope Perez Canto, 1896 · unaccepted (synonym)

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(of Delphinus obscurus Gray, 1828) Gray, J. E. (1828-1830). <i>Spicilegia zoologica; or, original figures and short systematic descriptions of new and unfigured animals</i>. Treüttel, Würtz & Co. & Wood. Parts I & II: part I, 1–8, pls. 1–6 (1 July 1828); part II, 9–12, pls. 7–11 (August 1830). , available online at https://archive.org/details/b22007556/page/n3/mode/2up
page(s): 2, pl.2, fig.2 [details] OpenAccess publication
Note "Southern Ocean"  
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Type locality "Southern Ocean" [details]
Fordyce, E.; Perrin, W.F. (2024). World Cetacea Database. Lagenorhynchus obscurus (Gray, 1828). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=231434 on 2024-11-10
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2006-05-17 09:54:26Z
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2008-08-20 11:25:36Z
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original description (of Delphinus obscurus Gray, 1828) Gray, J. E. (1828-1830). <i>Spicilegia zoologica; or, original figures and short systematic descriptions of new and unfigured animals</i>. Treüttel, Würtz & Co. & Wood. Parts I & II: part I, 1–8, pls. 1–6 (1 July 1828); part II, 9–12, pls. 7–11 (August 1830). , available online at https://archive.org/details/b22007556/page/n3/mode/2up
page(s): 2, pl.2, fig.2 [details] OpenAccess publication

basis of record Shirihai, H. (2002). A complete guide to Antarctic Wildlife: the Birds and Marine Mammals of the Antarctic Continent and the Southern Ocean. Alula Press FI 510 pp. [details] 

additional source Mead, J. G.; Brownell, R. L. Jr. (2005). Cetacea. <em>In Wilson, D.E. & D.M. Reeder (eds). Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed), Johns Hopkins University Press, 2,142 pp.</em> 723--743., available online at http://www.bucknell.edu/msw3/ [details] 

additional source Rice, D. W. (1998). Marine mammals of the world. Systematics and distribution. <em>Society for Marine Mammalogy Special Publication.</em> 4., available online at http://www.marinemammalscience.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/MarineMammalsOfTheWorld.pdf [details] 

additional source Hershkovitz, P. (1966). Catalog of Living Whales. <em>Bulletin of the United States National Museum.</em> (246): 1-259., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.03629236.246 [details] 

additional source Jefferson, T. A., M. A. Webber and R. L. Pitman. (2008). Marine mammals of the world. Academic Press, Amsterdam. [details] 

additional source IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, available online at http://www.iucnredlist.org [details] 

additional source Perrin, W.F.; Würsig, B.; Thewissen, J.G.M. (2009). Encyclopedia of marine mammals. Second edition. Academic Press: London. ISBN 978-0-12-373553-9. xxix, 1316 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] 

additional source King, C.M.; Roberts, C.D.; Bell, B.D.; Fordyce, R.E.; Nicoll, R.S.; Worthy, T.H.; Paulin, C.D.; Hitchmough, R.A.; Keyes, I.W.; Baker, A.N.; Stewart, A.L.; Hiller, N.; McDowall, R.M.; Holdaway, R.N.; McPhee, R.P.; Schwarzhans, W.W.; Tennyson, A.J.D.; Rust, S.; Macadie, I. (2009). Phylum Chordata: lancelets, fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> pp. 431-554. [details] 

ecology source Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details] OpenAccess publication
 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

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Holotype Stuffed skin and skull in British Museum (Natural History), London, no. 41.1733 [details]

IUCN Red List Category Data Deficient (DD) [details]

Type locality "Southern Ocean" [details]

Unreviewed
Habitat coastal and over continental shelf and slope. [details]
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Afrikaans vaaldolfyn  [details]
English dusky dolphinbeakless dolphin  [details]
French dauphin sombredauphin obscur  [details]
Spanish delfín obscurodelfin de Fitzroy  [details]