WoRMS name details
Lagenorhynchus australis (Peale, 1849)
254980 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:254980)
unaccepted > junior objective synonym
Species
marine, terrestrial
(of Phocaena australis Peale, 1849) Peale, T. R. (1849). United States Exploring Expedition during the years 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842. Under the command of Charles Wilkes, U.S.N. Volume VIII. Mammalia and ornithology. C. Sherman, Philadelphia, PA. [details]
Note South Atlantic Ocean, off coast of Patagonia,...
From editor or global species database
Type locality South Atlantic Ocean, off coast of Patagonia, Argentina, one day's sail north of the Straits of Le Maire between Staten Island and Cape San Diego. [details]
Type material Concerning the holotype, it is stated that “Nothing is known about this specimen. Off coast of Patagonia, one day’s sail north of the Straits of Le Maire between Staten Island and Cape San Diego, Tierra del Fuego. Collected February 12, 1839, by someone on one of the ships of the United States Exploring Expedition, 1838–1842.” [details]
Taxonomic remark Name combination. Synonymy and taxonomic description are given.
Taxonomic remark Name combination. Synonymy and taxonomic description are given. [details]
Fordyce, E.; Perrin, W.F. (2025). World Cetacea Database. Lagenorhynchus australis (Peale, 1849). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=254980 on 2025-04-19
Date
action
by
The webpage text is licensed under a Creative Commons
Attribution 4.0 License
Nomenclature
original description
(of Phocaena australis Peale, 1849) Peale, T. R. (1849). United States Exploring Expedition during the years 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842. Under the command of Charles Wilkes, U.S.N. Volume VIII. Mammalia and ornithology. C. Sherman, Philadelphia, PA. [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]
new combination reference Kellogg, R. (1941). On the identity of the porpoise Sagmatias amblodon. <em>Zoological Series, Field Museum of Natural History.</em> 27:293–311. [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]
new combination reference Kellogg, R. (1941). On the identity of the porpoise Sagmatias amblodon. <em>Zoological Series, Field Museum of Natural History.</em> 27:293–311. [details]
Other
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]
additional source Goodall, R. N. P., K. S. Norris, W. E. Schevill, F. Fraga, R. Praderi, M. A Iñeguez, Jr., and J. C. de Haro. (1997). Review and update on the biology of Peale's dolphin, <i>Lagenorhynchus australis</i>. Report of the International Whaling Commission 47:777--796. [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]
additional source Goodall, R. N. P., K. S. Norris, W. E. Schevill, F. Fraga, R. Praderi, M. A Iñeguez, Jr., and J. C. de Haro. (1997). Review and update on the biology of Peale's dolphin, <i>Lagenorhynchus australis</i>. Report of the International Whaling Commission 47:777--796. [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Holotype Not preserved. [details]IUCN Red List Category Data Deficient (DD) [details]
Taxonomic remark Name combination. Synonymy and taxonomic description are given. [details]
Type locality South Atlantic Ocean, off coast of Patagonia, Argentina, one day's sail north of the Straits of Le Maire between Staten Island and Cape San Diego. [details]
Type material Concerning the holotype, it is stated that “Nothing is known about this specimen. Off coast of Patagonia, one day’s sail north of the Straits of Le Maire between Staten Island and Cape San Diego, Tierra del Fuego. Collected February 12, 1839, by someone on one of the ships of the United States Exploring Expedition, 1838–1842.” [details]
Unreviewed
Habitat coastal, in bays, around islands and over continental shelf. [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | southern white-sided dolphinPeale's porpoisePeale's dolphinblack-chinned dolphin | [details] |
| French | dauphin de Peale | [details] |
| Spanish | tuninallampadelfín australcahuel | [details] |
To Barcode of Life
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (28 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Lagenorhynchus australis)
To GenBank (54 nucleotides; 31 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (MMP DSC_0522 Lagenorhynchus australis)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (28 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Lagenorhynchus australis)
To GenBank (54 nucleotides; 31 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (MMP DSC_0522 Lagenorhynchus australis)
To ITIS
