WoRMS name details
Prodelphinus petersii Lutken, 1889
380499 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:380499)
unaccepted > junior subjective synonym (synonym)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Lütken, C. F. (1889). Bidrag til Kundskab om de tre pelagiske Tandhval-Slægter Steno, Delphinus og Prodelphinus [A contribution to the knowledge regarding the three pelagic toothed whales Steno, Delphinus and Prodelphinus]. Spolia Atlantica. Vidensk. Selsk. Skr. 6te Række, naturvidenskabelig og mathematisk Afd. 5te Bd. I:1–66. [details]
Note Description, measurements (p. 41), and drawing...
Type material Description, measurements (p. 41), and drawing (skull p. 43) of a dolphin collected from “?en Amsterdam i det indiske Hav” [The island of Amsterdam in the Indian Ocean] are provided. The holotype specimen was examined and confirmed as Lagenorhynchus obscurus by Van Waerebeek et al. (1995). The holotype exists as a mounted skeleton collected “near Amsterdam Island (37º550S, 77º400E) in the Southern Indian Ocean by S. Hits” and is stored at the Zoological Museum, Copenhagen as specimen UZMC-5 (Van Waerebeek et al. 1995). Hershkovitz (1966:30) lists P. Petersii as a synonym of Stenella coeruleoalba, however this was determined as incorrect by Van Waerebeek et al. (1995). [details]
Fordyce, E.; Perrin, W.F. (2025). World Cetacea Database. Prodelphinus petersii Lutken, 1889. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=380499 on 2025-04-17
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Nomenclature
original description
Lütken, C. F. (1889). Bidrag til Kundskab om de tre pelagiske Tandhval-Slægter Steno, Delphinus og Prodelphinus [A contribution to the knowledge regarding the three pelagic toothed whales Steno, Delphinus and Prodelphinus]. Spolia Atlantica. Vidensk. Selsk. Skr. 6te Række, naturvidenskabelig og mathematisk Afd. 5te Bd. I:1–66. [details]
Taxonomy
taxonomy source
Vollmer, N. L.; Ashe, E.; Brownell, R. L.; Cipriano, F.; Mead, J. G.; Reeves, R. R.; Soldevilla, M. S.; Williams, R. (2019). Taxonomic revision of the dolphin genus Lagenorhynchus. <em>Marine Mammal Science.</em> 35(3): 957-1057., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/mms.12573 [details] Available for editors 
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Type material Description, measurements (p. 41), and drawing (skull p. 43) of a dolphin collected from “?en Amsterdam i det indiske Hav” [The island of Amsterdam in the Indian Ocean] are provided. The holotype specimen was examined and confirmed as Lagenorhynchus obscurus by Van Waerebeek et al. (1995). The holotype exists as a mounted skeleton collected “near Amsterdam Island (37º550S, 77º400E) in the Southern Indian Ocean by S. Hits” and is stored at the Zoological Museum, Copenhagen as specimen UZMC-5 (Van Waerebeek et al. 1995). Hershkovitz (1966:30) lists P. Petersii as a synonym of Stenella coeruleoalba, however this was determined as incorrect by Van Waerebeek et al. (1995). [details]
