WoRMS taxon details
Cephalorhynchus Gray, 1846
Eutropia Gray, 1862 · unaccepted (synonym)
- Species Cephalorhynchus commersonii (Lacépède, 1804)
- Species Cephalorhynchus eutropia Gray, 1846
- Species Cephalorhynchus heavisidii (Gray, 1828)
- Species Cephalorhynchus hectori (P. J. Van Beneden, 1881)
- Species Cephalorhynchus albifrons True, 1889 accepted as Cephalorhynchus hectori (P. J. Van Beneden, 1881) (synonym)
- Species Cephalorhynchus albiventris Fraser, 1938 accepted as Cephalorhynchus eutropia Gray, 1846 (synonym)
- Species Cephalorhynchus commersoni Yanez, 1948 accepted as Cephalorhynchus commersonii (Lacépède, 1804) (synonym)
- Species Cephalorhynchus heavisidei True, 1889 accepted as Cephalorhynchus heavisidii (Gray, 1828) (misspelling)
- Species Cephalorhynchus obtusata True, 1903 accepted as Cephalorhynchus eutropia Gray, 1846 (synonym)
- Species Cephalorhynchus panope Miller, 1928 accepted as Cephalorhynchus eutropia Gray, 1846 (synonym)
- Species Cephalorhynchus philippii Trouessart, 1898 accepted as Phocoena spinipinnis (Burmeister, 1865) (synonym)
- Species Cephalorhynchus platyrrhinus Trouessart, 1904 accepted as Cephalorhynchus eutropia Gray, 1846 (synonym)
marine, terrestrial
Gray J.E. (1846). Zoology of the voyage of H.M.S. Erebus and Terror. Volume 1: Mammalia and Birds. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6957416 [details]
Fordyce, E.; Perrin, W.F. (2025). World Cetacea Database. Cephalorhynchus Gray, 1846. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=231403 on 2025-07-16
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Gray J.E. (1846). Zoology of the voyage of H.M.S. Erebus and Terror. Volume 1: Mammalia and Birds. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6957416 [details]
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]
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]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
