WoRMS taxon details
Grampus griseus (G. Cuvier, 1812)
137098 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:137098)
accepted
Species
Delphinus (Grampus) griseus Gray, 1828 · alternative representation
Delphinus aires G. Cuvier, 1812 · unaccepted (synonym)
Delphinus griseus G. Cuvier, 1812 · unaccepted (synonym)
Delphinus griseus Gray, 1828 · unaccepted (synonym)
Delphinus orca Temminck & Schlegel, 1841 · unaccepted (synonym)
Delphinus risso Risso, 1826 · unaccepted (synonym)
Delphinus rissoanus Desmarest, 1822 · unaccepted (synonym)
Delphinus rissoi Gervais, 1859 · unaccepted (synonym)
Globicephalus rissii Hamilton, 1837 · unaccepted (synonym)
Gramphidelphis griseus Kellogg, 1940 · unaccepted (synonym)
Grampidelphis exilis Iredale & Troughton, 1933 · unaccepted (synonym)
Grampidelphis griseus Iredale & Troughton, 1933 · unaccepted (basionym)
Grampidelphis kuzira Iredale & Troughton, 1933 · unaccepted (synonym)
Grampus cuvieri Gray, 1846 · unaccepted (synonym)
Grampus richardsoni Gray, 1850 · unaccepted (synonym)
Grampus rissoanus Murie, 1871 · unaccepted (synonym)
Grampus sakamata Gray, 1846 · unaccepted (synonym)
Grampus sakata Tomilin, 1957 · unaccepted (misspelling)
Grampus sowerbianus Fischer, 1881 · unaccepted (synonym)
Grampus stearnsii Dall, 1873 · unaccepted (synonym)
Phocaena griseus F. Cuvier, 1836 · unaccepted (synonym)
Phocaena rissonus F. Cuvier, 1836 · unaccepted (synonym)
marine, terrestrial
(of Delphinus griseus G. Cuvier, 1812) Cuvier, F. G. (1812). Rapport fait à la classe des Sciences mathématiques et physiques, sur divers Cétacés pris sur les côtes de France, pricipalement sur ceux qui sont échoués près de Paimpol, le 7 janvier 1812. <em>Annales du Muséum d'Histoire naturelle.</em> 19: 1-16., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3499181 [details]
Note Brest, France
From editor or global species database
Type locality Brest, France [details]
Distribution in all oceans
Distribution Georges Bank, on the continental shelf and shelf edge waters
Distribution in all oceans [details]
Distribution Georges Bank, on the continental shelf and shelf edge waters
Distribution Georges Bank, on the continental shelf and shelf edge waters [details]
Fordyce, E.; Perrin, W.F. (2025). World Cetacea Database. Grampus griseus (G. Cuvier, 1812). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137098 on 2025-04-02
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Delphinus griseus G. Cuvier, 1812) Cuvier, F. G. (1812). Rapport fait à la classe des Sciences mathématiques et physiques, sur divers Cétacés pris sur les côtes de France, pricipalement sur ceux qui sont échoués près de Paimpol, le 7 janvier 1812. <em>Annales du Muséum d'Histoire naturelle.</em> 19: 1-16., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3499181 [details]
basis of record van der Land, J. (2001). Tetrapoda, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 375-376 (look up in IMIS) [details]
basis of record van der Land, J. (2001). Tetrapoda, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 375-376 (look up in IMIS) [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] 
Other
context source (Deepsea)
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
context source (HKRMS) Jefferson TA. (2005). Monitoring of Indo-Pacific Hampback Dolphin (Sousa chinensis) in Hong Kong waters - Data Analysis. Final report. Submitted to the Agriculture &Fisheries and Conservation Department, The Hong Kong SAR Government. [details]
context source (PeRMS) Reyes, J. (2009). Ballenas, delfines y otros cetáceos del Perú. Una fuente de información. <em>Lima- Perú. Squema-Ediciones.</em> 160 pp. [details]
additional source 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]
additional source King, C.M.; Roberts, C.D.; Bell, B.D.; Fordyce, R.E.; Nicoll, R.S.; Worthy, T.H.; Paulin, C.D.; Hitchmough, R.A.; Keyes, I.W.; Baker, A.N.; Stewart, A.L.; Hiller, N.; McDowall, R.M.; Holdaway, R.N.; McPhee, R.P.; Schwarzhans, W.W.; Tennyson, A.J.D.; Rust, S.; Macadie, I. (2009). Phylum Chordata: lancelets, fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> pp. 431-554. [details]
additional source Schmidly, D. J. and B. Würsig. 2009. Mammals (Vertebrata: Mammalia) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1343–1352 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request]
additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
context source (HKRMS) Jefferson TA. (2005). Monitoring of Indo-Pacific Hampback Dolphin (Sousa chinensis) in Hong Kong waters - Data Analysis. Final report. Submitted to the Agriculture &Fisheries and Conservation Department, The Hong Kong SAR Government. [details]
context source (PeRMS) Reyes, J. (2009). Ballenas, delfines y otros cetáceos del Perú. Una fuente de información. <em>Lima- Perú. Squema-Ediciones.</em> 160 pp. [details]
additional source 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]
additional source King, C.M.; Roberts, C.D.; Bell, B.D.; Fordyce, R.E.; Nicoll, R.S.; Worthy, T.H.; Paulin, C.D.; Hitchmough, R.A.; Keyes, I.W.; Baker, A.N.; Stewart, A.L.; Hiller, N.; McDowall, R.M.; Holdaway, R.N.; McPhee, R.P.; Schwarzhans, W.W.; Tennyson, A.J.D.; Rust, S.; Macadie, I. (2009). Phylum Chordata: lancelets, fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> pp. 431-554. [details]
additional source Schmidly, D. J. and B. Würsig. 2009. Mammals (Vertebrata: Mammalia) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1343–1352 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Holotype Skeleton accompanied by sketch of animal, no. JAC 1944-307 (skull), JAC 1945-4 (post-cranial skeleton), CAG B II/156 (skeleton); Laboratoire d'Anatomie compareée du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle (Paris). [details]IUCN Red List Category Least Concern (LC) [details]
Type locality Brest, France [details]
Unreviewed
Distribution in all oceans [details]Distribution Georges Bank, on the continental shelf and shelf edge waters [details]
Habitat temperate to tropical, oceanic [details]
Predators None [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Afrikaans | Risso-dolfyn | [details] |
| Basque | marzupla | [details] |
| Catalan | cap d'olla gris | [details] |
| Danish | rissosdelfinhalvrgindehvaler | [details] |
| Dutch | grijze dolfijngramperdolfijn van Risso | [details] |
| English | white-headed grampusRisso's grampusRisso's dolphingrey dolphingray grampus | [details] |
| French | marsouin grisdauphin de Rissodauphin de Cuvier | [details] |
| German | RundkopfdelphinRundkopfdelfingestreifter Delphingestreifter Delfin | [details] |
| Hebrew | גרמפוס אפורגרמפוס | [details] |
| Indonesian | temu buralumba-lumba abu-abu | [details] |
| Italian | grampo grigiogrampodelfino di Risso delfino de Risso | [details] |
| Japanese | ハナゴンドウshiro-shachisakamata kujiramazuba irukakamabire sakamatahana gondo kujira | [details] |
| Korean | keunmeori-dolgorae | [details] |
| Lithuanian | pilkasis delfinas | [details] |
| Malagasy | lambondriaka volombatolalakalambondriaka mavomavo | [details] |
| Modern Greek (1453-) | Σταχτοδέλφινοstachtodélfino | [details] |
| Norwegian Bokmål | rissodelfinarrdelfin | [details] |
| Norwegian Nynorsk | rissodelfinarrdelfin | [details] |
| Polish | risso szary | [details] |
| Portuguese | grampogolfinho de Rissogolfinho cinzento | [details] |
| Russian | серый дельфинseryy delfin | [details] |
| Slovenian | okrogloglavi delfin | [details] |
| Spanish | grampofabo calderondelfín grisdelfín de Rissocalderón gris | [details] |
| Swedish | rissos delfin | [details] |
| Tamil | panavai meen | [details] |
| Turkish | yuvarlak başlı yunusyuvarlak basli yunusboz yunus | [details] |
| Ukrainian | Сірий дельфінДельфін сірий | [details] |
| Welsh | dolffin Rissochyw dolffin Risso | [details] |
Marine Life Information Network - UK
To Barcode of Life (12 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Delphinus rissoi Gervais, 1859)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Grampus sakata Tomilin, 1957)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Grampus sowerbianus Fischer, 1881)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications) (from synonym Grampus stearnsii Dall, 1873)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (12 publications) (from synonym Grampus sakamata Gray, 1846)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (194 publications) (from synonym Delphinus orca Temminck & Schlegel, 1841)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Gramphidelphis griseus Kellogg, 1940)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (22 publications) (from synonym Grampus cuvieri Gray, 1846)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (24 publications) (from synonym Grampus rissoanus Murie, 1871)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (27 publications) (from synonym Delphinus rissoanus Desmarest, 1822)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (298 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Grampidelphis griseus Iredale & Troughton, 1933)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Grampidelphis exilis Iredale & Troughton, 1933)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Grampidelphis kuzira Iredale & Troughton, 1933)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Grampus richardsoni Gray, 1850)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (97 publications) (from synonym Delphinus griseus G. Cuvier, 1812)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (97 publications) (from synonym Delphinus griseus Gray, 1828)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Grampus griseus)
To GenBank (633 nucleotides; 339 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (MMP STR 13944 Grampus griseus skull)
To NMNH Extant Collection (MMP STR 14172 Grampus griseus skeleton)
To PESI
To ITIS
To Barcode of Life (12 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Delphinus rissoi Gervais, 1859)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Grampus sakata Tomilin, 1957)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Grampus sowerbianus Fischer, 1881)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications) (from synonym Grampus stearnsii Dall, 1873)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (12 publications) (from synonym Grampus sakamata Gray, 1846)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (194 publications) (from synonym Delphinus orca Temminck & Schlegel, 1841)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Gramphidelphis griseus Kellogg, 1940)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (22 publications) (from synonym Grampus cuvieri Gray, 1846)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (24 publications) (from synonym Grampus rissoanus Murie, 1871)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (27 publications) (from synonym Delphinus rissoanus Desmarest, 1822)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (298 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Grampidelphis griseus Iredale & Troughton, 1933)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Grampidelphis exilis Iredale & Troughton, 1933)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Grampidelphis kuzira Iredale & Troughton, 1933)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Grampus richardsoni Gray, 1850)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (97 publications) (from synonym Delphinus griseus G. Cuvier, 1812)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (97 publications) (from synonym Delphinus griseus Gray, 1828)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Grampus griseus)
To GenBank (633 nucleotides; 339 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (MMP STR 13944 Grampus griseus skull)
To NMNH Extant Collection (MMP STR 14172 Grampus griseus skeleton)
To PESI
To ITIS
