Register of Antarctic Species (RAS) - Delphinus delphis Linnaeus, 1758

Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
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Type data

Note "Oceano Europaeo"

From editor or global species database

Type locality "Oceano Europaeo" [details]

Descriptive notes

Distribution circumglobal

Distribution circumglobal [details]

Distribution East Pacific; Eastern Atlantic Ocean; Indo-West Pacific; Western Atlantic Ocean

Distribution East Pacific; Eastern Atlantic Ocean; Indo-West Pacific; Western Atlantic Ocean [details]

Taxonomic citation

Fordyce, E.; Perrin, W.F. (2025). World Cetacea Database. Delphinus delphis Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137094 on 2025-07-18

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

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van der Land, Jacob

2008-08-20 11:25:36Z

checked

Perrin, William

Licensing

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Nomenclature

original description Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
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original description (of Delphinus capensis Gray, 1828) Gray, J. E. (1828-1830). Spicilegia zoologica; or, original figures and short systematic descriptions of new and unfigured animals. 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): 1,2 [details]

Ecology

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. Scientific Data. 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details]

Other

context source (HKRMS) Jefferson TA. (2005). Monitoring of Indo-Pacific Hampback Dolphin (Sousa chinensis) in Hong Kong waters - Data Analysis. Final report. Submitted to the Agriculture &Fisheries and Conservation Department, The Hong Kong SAR Government. [details]

context source (Bermuda) Sterrer, W. (1986). Marine fauna and flora of Bermuda: a systematic guide to the identification of marine organisms. Wiley-Interscience Publication. Wiley. 742 pp (Nemertini part). [details] Available for editors

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context source (PeRMS) Reyes, J. (2009). Ballenas, delfines y otros cetáceos del Perú. Una fuente de información. Lima- Perú. Squema-Ediciones. 160 pp. [details]

additional source Carwardine, M., E. Hoyt, R. E. Fordyce and P. Gill. 1998. Whales, dolphins and porpoises. Time-Life Books. Nature Company Guides, USA. 288 p. [details]

additional source Mead, J. G.; Brownell, R. L. Jr. (2005). Cetacea. 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. 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. Society for Marine Mammalogy Special Publication. 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. Bulletin of the United States National Museum. (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 Heyning, J. E. and W. F. Perrin. (1994). Evidence for two species of common dolphins (genus Delphinus)from the eastern North Pacific. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County Contributions in Science 442:1-35. [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. in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. pp. 431-554. [details]

additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors

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Present

Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

From editor or global species database

Distribution circumglobal [details]

Holotype None, based on descriptions by authors [details]

IUCN Red List Category Least Concern (LC) [details]

IUCN Red List Category subpopulation Mediterranean common dolphin : Endangered (EN) [details]

Type locality "Oceano Europaeo" [details]

Unreviewed

Diet small fish and cephalopods [details]

Dimensions Length: male 1.7-2.2 m (5.5-7'), female 1.5-2 m (5-6.5'), at birth .7 m (2.5') [details]

Distribution East Pacific; Eastern Atlantic Ocean; Indo-West Pacific; Western Atlantic Ocean [details]

Habitat mainly offshore [details]

Habitat oceanic, tropical to temperate [details]

Definitions

Language	Name
Afrikaans	gewone dolfyn	[details]
Albanian	delfini i zakonshëm	[details]
Aleut	angaigik	[details]
Basque	marzuplaizurde arrunta	[details]
Bulgarian	Обикновен делфинДелфинobiknoven delfin	[details]
Catalan	dofí comu	[details]
Czech	delfín obecný	[details]
Danish	almindelige Delphinalmindelig delfin	[details]
Dutch	gewone dolfijndolfijn	[details]
English	whitebelly porpoiseshort-beaked saddle-backed dolphinshort-beaked saddleback dolphinshort-beaked common dolphinsea porpoisesaddle-backed dolphinsaddle-back dolphinlong-beaked saddle-back dolphinlong-beaked common dolphincommon dolphinBaja-neritic common dolphin [from synonym]	[details]
French	dauphin vulgairedauphin ordinairedauphin delphisdauphin commun à petit becdauphin commun à long bec [from synonym]dauphin commundauphin à bande fauvedauphincamusbec d'oie	[details]
German	kurzschnäuziger gemeiner Delphingemeiner DelphinDelphinDelfin	[details]
Hebrew	דולפין מובהק	[details]
Icelandic	hundfiscurhuisenhofrung	[details]
Indonesian	lumba-lumba biasa	[details]
Italian	tombarellodelfino comune delfino	[details]
Japanese	マイルカハセイルカ [from synonym]tobi irukasuzume-irukama iruka	[details]
Kalaallisut	ardlusarsuk	[details]
Korean	jjalbeun-buri-cham-dolgoraeginburi-cham-dolgorae [from synonym]	[details]
Lithuanian	paprastasis delfinas	[details]
Malayalam	chankan eedi	[details]
Modern Greek (1453-)	Κοινό δελφίνι	[details]
Norwegian	spinghvalspingerspidsnudet delfindolffindelphin	[details]
Norwegian Bokmål	gulflankedelfindelfin	[details]
Norwegian Nynorsk	gulflankedelfindelfin	[details]
Polish	delfin zwyczajnydelfin pospolity	[details]
Portuguese	toninha comumgolfinho-comum-de-bico-longo [from synonym]golfinho	[details]
Romanian	delfinusdelfinul comun	[details]
Russian	обыкновенный дельфиндельфин белобочкаobyknovennyi delfinbyelobochka (Black Sea)byelobochka	[details]
Slovenian	navadni delfin	[details]
Spanish	tonino de mardelfin tollinodelfin rayadodelfin panza blancadelfín común de rostro largo [from synonym]delfín común de rostro cortodelfín común	[details]
Swedish	springaredelphindelfin	[details]
Tamil	pomigrapanavai meen	[details]
Telugu	ganupuli	[details]
Thai	plaloma pak yao [from synonym]	[details]
Turkish	yunustyrtaktirtak yunustirtak	[details]
Ukrainian	Дельфін білобочкаБілобочка чорноморська	[details]
Welsh	dolffin cyffredin	[details]