Cetacea name details
Delphinus leucopleurus Rasch, 1843
383869 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:383869)
unaccepted > junior subjective synonym (synonym)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Rasch, H. (1843 [1845]). Beskrivelse over en I Christianiafjorden fanget nye delphinart, VII [Description of a new dolphin species caught in Christianiafjorden, VII]. Pages 97–128 in Nyt magazin for Naturvidenskaberne. Udgives af den Physiographiske Forenign I Christiania. Fjerde bind. Johan Dahl, Christiania, Norway. [Note: the title page of Nyt Magazin for Naturvidenskaberne is dated 1845]. [details]
Note No type locality specified. Hershkovitz (1966)...
Type material No type locality specified. Hershkovitz (1966) states the type locality as the “Gulf of Christiania” (Norway) and “type skeleton in Christiania Museum.” Wiig and Bachmann (2013) provide additional information on the original description by Rasch, including information on the syntypes. [details]
Fordyce, E.; Perrin, W.F. (2024). World Cetacea Database. Delphinus leucopleurus Rasch, 1843. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/cetacea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=383869 on 2024-11-21
original description
Rasch, H. (1843 [1845]). Beskrivelse over en I Christianiafjorden fanget nye delphinart, VII [Description of a new dolphin species caught in Christianiafjorden, VII]. Pages 97–128 in Nyt magazin for Naturvidenskaberne. Udgives af den Physiographiske Forenign I Christiania. Fjerde bind. Johan Dahl, Christiania, Norway. [Note: the title page of Nyt Magazin for Naturvidenskaberne is dated 1845]. [details]
taxonomy source Vollmer, N. L.; Ashe, E.; Brownell, R. L.; Cipriano, F.; Mead, J. G.; Reeves, R. R.; Soldevilla, M. S.; Williams, R. (2019). Taxonomic revision of the dolphin genus Lagenorhynchus. <em>Marine Mammal Science.</em> 35(3): 957-1057., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/mms.12573 [details] Available for editors
taxonomy source Vollmer, N. L.; Ashe, E.; Brownell, R. L.; Cipriano, F.; Mead, J. G.; Reeves, R. R.; Soldevilla, M. S.; Williams, R. (2019). Taxonomic revision of the dolphin genus Lagenorhynchus. <em>Marine Mammal Science.</em> 35(3): 957-1057., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/mms.12573 [details] Available for editors
From editor or global species database
Type material No type locality specified. Hershkovitz (1966) states the type locality as the “Gulf of Christiania” (Norway) and “type skeleton in Christiania Museum.” Wiig and Bachmann (2013) provide additional information on the original description by Rasch, including information on the syntypes. [details]
