WoRMS taxon details
Sousa plumbea (G. Cuvier, 1829)
383586 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:383586)
accepted
Species
Delphinus (Steno) lentiginosus Owen, 1866 · unaccepted (synonym)
Delphinus plumbeus G. Cuvier, 1829 · unaccepted (synonym of Sousa plumbea)
Sotalia fergusoni Lydekker, 1903 · unaccepted (synonym of Sousa plumbea)
Sotalia lentiginosa (Gray, 1866) · unaccepted (synonym of Sousa plumbea)
Sotalia lentiginosus Flower, 1884 · unaccepted (synonym of Sousa plumbea)
Sotalia plumbea (G. Cuvier, 1829) · unaccepted (synonym of Sousa plumbea)
Steno plumbeus Blanford, 1891 · unaccepted (synonym of Sousa plumbea)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Delphinus plumbeus G. Cuvier, 1829) Cuvier, G. (1829). Le Règne Animal distribué, d'apres son organisation, pour servir de base à l'histoire naturelle des animaux et d'introduction à l'anatomie comparée. [The Animal Kingdom, arranged according to its organization, to serve as a basis for the natural history of animals and as an introduction to comparative anatomy]. <em>Déterville, Paris.</em> Edition 2. v. 2: i-xv + 1-406., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31771348 [details]
Taxonomy Some workers include in Sousa chinensis
Taxonomy Some workers include in Sousa chinensis [details]
Fordyce, E.; Perrin, W.F. (2025). World Cetacea Database. Sousa plumbea (G. Cuvier, 1829). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=383586 on 2025-07-02
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Delphinus plumbeus G. Cuvier, 1829) Cuvier, G. (1829). Le Règne Animal distribué, d'apres son organisation, pour servir de base à l'histoire naturelle des animaux et d'introduction à l'anatomie comparée. [The Animal Kingdom, arranged according to its organization, to serve as a basis for the natural history of animals and as an introduction to comparative anatomy]. <em>Déterville, Paris.</em> Edition 2. v. 2: i-xv + 1-406., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31771348 [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. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details] 
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Taxonomy Some workers include in Sousa chinensis [details]From regional or thematic species database
Introduced species vector dispersal Greek part of the Aegean Sea (Marine Region) Canals: natural range expansion through man-made canals (Suez Canal) [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | freckled dolphin [from synonym] | [details] |
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (15 publications) (from synonym Steno plumbeus Blanford, 1891)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (16 publications) (from synonym Sotalia plumbea (G. Cuvier, 1829))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (21 publications) (from synonym Sotalia lentiginosa (Gray, 1866))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Sotalia fergusoni Lydekker, 1903)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Sotalia lentiginosus Flower, 1884)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (43 publications) (from synonym Delphinus plumbeus G. Cuvier, 1829)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) (from synonym Delphinus (Steno) lentiginosus Owen, 1866)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Sousa plumbea)
To GenBank (5 nucleotides; 2 proteins)
To GenBank (5 nucleotides; 2 proteins) (from synonym Delphinus plumbeus G. Cuvier, 1829)
To IUCN Red List (Endangered)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (16 publications) (from synonym Sotalia plumbea (G. Cuvier, 1829))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (21 publications) (from synonym Sotalia lentiginosa (Gray, 1866))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Sotalia fergusoni Lydekker, 1903)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Sotalia lentiginosus Flower, 1884)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (43 publications) (from synonym Delphinus plumbeus G. Cuvier, 1829)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) (from synonym Delphinus (Steno) lentiginosus Owen, 1866)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Sousa plumbea)
To GenBank (5 nucleotides; 2 proteins)
To GenBank (5 nucleotides; 2 proteins) (from synonym Delphinus plumbeus G. Cuvier, 1829)
To IUCN Red List (Endangered)
To ITIS
