WoRMS taxon details
Mesoplodon grayi von Haast, 1876
137124 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:137124)
accepted
Species
Berardius hectori Hector, 1874 · unaccepted (synonym)
Mesoplodon australis Flower, 1878 · unaccepted (synonym)
Mesoplodon haasti Flower, 1878 · unaccepted (synonym)
Mesoplodon layardi Lahille, 1905 · unaccepted (synonym)
Oulodon grayi von Haast, 1877 · unaccepted (synonym)
marine, terrestrial
Haast, J. von. (1876). Proceedings of the Zoological Society, London, 1976, 9:457. [details]
Note Waitangi Beach, Chatham Island, New...
Distribution circum-global
Distribution circum-global [details]
Fordyce, E.; Perrin, W.F. (2025). World Cetacea Database. Mesoplodon grayi von Haast, 1876. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137124 on 2025-02-17
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original description
Haast, J. von. (1876). Proceedings of the Zoological Society, London, 1976, 9:457. [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]
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 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]
additional source Shirihai, H. (2002). A complete guide to Antarctic Wildlife: the Birds and Marine Mammals of the Antarctic Continent and the Southern Ocean. Alula Press FI 510 pp. [details]
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]
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]
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 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]
additional source Shirihai, H. (2002). A complete guide to Antarctic Wildlife: the Birds and Marine Mammals of the Antarctic Continent and the Southern Ocean. Alula Press FI 510 pp. [details]
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
IUCN Red List Category Data Deficient (DD) [details]Type locality Waitangi Beach, Chatham Island, New Zealand. [details]
Type material Three skulls, Canterbury Museum, Christchurch, New Zealand, received from W. Hood. [details]
Unreviewed
Distribution circum-global [details]Habitat cool temperate, oceanic [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Afrikaans | Gray-snoetwalvis | [details] |
| Dutch | spitssnuitdolfijn van GrayGrays spitssnuitdolfijn | [details] |
| English | southern beaked whalescamperdown whaleGray's beaked whale | [details] |
| French | mesoplodon de Graybaleine à bec de Gray | [details] |
| German | Gray-ZweizahnwalCamperdown-Wal | [details] |
| Italian | mesoplodonte di Gray | [details] |
| Lithuanian | Grėjaus dvidantis | [details] |
| Modern Greek (1453-) | Μεσόπλοδον του Γκρέυ | [details] |
| Polish | dziobowal Graya | [details] |
| Portuguese | baleia bicuda de Gray | [details] |
| Russian | ремнезуб грэя | [details] |
| Spanish | zifio de Graydelfin picudo de Grayballenato hocicudo de Gray | [details] |
| Swedish | Grays näbbval | [details] |
| Turkish | Gray gagalı balinası | [details] |
| Ukrainian | Ремнезуб Грея | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (2 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications) (from synonym Mesoplodon haasti Flower, 1878)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (12 publications) (from synonym Berardius hectori Hector, 1874)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (12 publications) (from synonym Oulodon grayi von Haast, 1877)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (24 publications) (from synonym Mesoplodon australis Flower, 1878)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (62 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (63 publications) (from synonym Mesoplodon layardi Lahille, 1905)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Mesoplodon grayi)
To GenBank (100 nucleotides; 317 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (MMP STR 1601 Mesoplodon grayi jaws lateral view)
To PESI
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications) (from synonym Mesoplodon haasti Flower, 1878)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (12 publications) (from synonym Berardius hectori Hector, 1874)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (12 publications) (from synonym Oulodon grayi von Haast, 1877)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (24 publications) (from synonym Mesoplodon australis Flower, 1878)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (62 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (63 publications) (from synonym Mesoplodon layardi Lahille, 1905)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Mesoplodon grayi)
To GenBank (100 nucleotides; 317 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (MMP STR 1601 Mesoplodon grayi jaws lateral view)
To PESI
To ITIS
