Cetacea taxon details
Cephalorhynchus commersonii (Lacépède, 1804)
254976 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:254976)
accepted
Species
Cephalorhynchus commersoni Yanez, 1948 · unaccepted (synonym)
Delphinus commersonii Lacépède, 1804 · unaccepted (synonym)
Lagenorhynchus burmeisteri Moreno, 1892 · unaccepted (synonym)
Lagenorhynchus floweri Moreno, 1892 · unaccepted (synonym)
Phocoena commersonii Lesson, 1827 · unaccepted (synonym)
marine, terrestrial
(of Delphinus commersonii Lacépède, 1804) de Lacépède, B. G. E. (1804). Histoire naturelle des cétacées. <em>In Buffon, Histoire naturelle.</em> vol. 37:317., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/7339#/summary [details]
Note Straits of Magellan, Tierra del Fuego, Chile
From editor or global species database
Type locality Straits of Magellan, Tierra del Fuego, Chile [details]
Perrin, W.F. (2021). World Cetacea Database. Cephalorhynchus commersonii (Lacépède, 1804). Accessed at: http://www.marinespecies.org/cetacea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=254976 on 2025-07-02
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original description
(of Delphinus commersonii Lacépède, 1804) de Lacépède, B. G. E. (1804). Histoire naturelle des cétacées. <em>In Buffon, Histoire naturelle.</em> vol. 37:317., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/7339#/summary [details]
basis of record 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]
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]
basis of record 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]
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]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Holotype None. Name based on animals seen and described by Commerson in a manuscript addressed to M. Georges Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon. [details]IUCN Red List Category Data Deficient (DD) [details]
Type locality Straits of Magellan, Tierra del Fuego, Chile [details]
Unreviewed
Habitat mostly coastal [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | piebald dolphinCommerson's dolphin | [details] |
| French | jacobitedauphin piedauphin de Commerson | [details] |
| Spanish | tunina overatonina overa | [details] |
To Barcode of Life
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Delphinus commersonii Lacépède, 1804)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (18 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Lagenorhynchus floweri Moreno, 1892)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) (from synonym Cephalorhynchus commersoni Yanez, 1948)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Cephalorhynchus commersonii)
To GenBank (229 nucleotides; 68 proteins)
To GenBank (229 nucleotides; 68 proteins) (from synonym Cephalorhynchus commersoni Yanez, 1948)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (MMP USNM 550449 550154 550155 550156 Cephalorhynchus commersonii)
To NMNH Extant Collection (USNM 484889 Cephalorhynchus commersonii Radiograph 001)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Delphinus commersonii Lacépède, 1804)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (18 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Lagenorhynchus floweri Moreno, 1892)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) (from synonym Cephalorhynchus commersoni Yanez, 1948)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Cephalorhynchus commersonii)
To GenBank (229 nucleotides; 68 proteins)
To GenBank (229 nucleotides; 68 proteins) (from synonym Cephalorhynchus commersoni Yanez, 1948)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (MMP USNM 550449 550154 550155 550156 Cephalorhynchus commersonii)
To NMNH Extant Collection (USNM 484889 Cephalorhynchus commersonii Radiograph 001)
To ITIS
