original description
Waterhouse, G. R. (1838). On a new species of the genus Delphinus. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 6:23–54. [details]
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 [request]
From editor or global species database
Type material Type locality is “in the Bay of St. Joseph” and “coast of Patagonia, Lat. 42º300 ” (Argentina). External measurements and description are given and the similarity to D. superciliosus Lesson in Lesson and Garnot, 1827 is noted. Waterhouse (1839:25, Plate 10) provides further details including that the specimen was harpooned “in the Bay of St. Joseph” and the habitat is “coast of Patagonia, Lat. 42º300, (April.).” According to Hershkovitz (1966), “type a female, rostrum and anterior portion of lower jaw, in British Museum, collected by Charles Darwin.” According to the British Museum (Natural History), London online database, this specimen is catalog no. 1939.2.18.1 with a locality of “Bay of St. Joseph, coast of Patagonia” (Argentina; accessed 18 July 2017). [details]