WoRMS taxon details
Berardius arnuxii Duvernoy, 1851
242606 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:242606)
accepted
Species
Berardius arnouxi Flower, 1874 · unaccepted (synonym)
Berardius arnouxii Duvernoy, 1851 · unaccepted (lapsus calami)
Berardius arnuxi Davies, 1963 · unaccepted (synonym)
Berardius arnuxi Davies, 1863 · unaccepted (synonym)
Berardius bairdi arnuxi Hershkovitz, 1966 · unaccepted (synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Duvernoy. (1851). Ann. Sci. Nat., Paris (3), Zool. 15:52, 68, pl.1 (skull). [details]
Note Akaroa, near Banks Island, New Zealand
From editor or global species database
Type locality Akaroa, near Banks Island, New Zealand [details]
Fordyce, E.; Perrin, W.F. (2025). World Cetacea Database. Berardius arnuxii Duvernoy, 1851. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=242606 on 2025-07-04
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Nomenclature
original description
Duvernoy. (1851). Ann. Sci. Nat., Paris (3), Zool. 15:52, 68, pl.1 (skull). [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]
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]
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
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 Robineau, D. (1989). Les types de cétacés actuels du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle I. Balaenidae, Balaenopteridae, Kogiidae, Ziphiidae, Iniidae, Pontoporiidae. Bull. Mus. natn. Hist. nat., Paris, 4th ser., 11, section A, no. 1:271-289. [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 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 Robineau, D. (1989). Les types de cétacés actuels du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle I. Balaenidae, Balaenopteridae, Kogiidae, Ziphiidae, Iniidae, Pontoporiidae. Bull. Mus. natn. Hist. nat., Paris, 4th ser., 11, section A, no. 1:271-289. [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]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Holotype Skull, Mus. Nat. d'Histoire nat., Paris; collected by M. Arnoux, surgeon of the corvette Rhin under the command of Captain Berard; accessioned October 20, 1846. Nos.: CAC:A.10.733; CAG:BII/252. [details]IUCN Red List Category Data Deficient (DD) [details]
Type locality Akaroa, near Banks Island, New Zealand [details]
Unreviewed
Habitat cold temperate and subpolar [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Afrikaans | Arnoux-snoetwalvis | [details] |
| Dutch | spitssnuitdolfijn van Arnoux | [details] |
| English | New Zealand beaked whaleArnux's beaked whaleArnoux's beaked whale | [details] |
| French | berardius du sudbérardien d'Arnouxberardie d'Arnoux | [details] |
| Portuguese | baleia bicuda de Arnoux | [details] |
| Spanish | zifio de Arnouxdelfin de Arnouxballenato de Arnouxballena marsopa | [details] |
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (18 publications) (from synonym Berardius arnouxii Duvernoy, 1851)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (22 publications) (from synonym Berardius arnuxi Davies, 1863)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (22 publications) (from synonym Berardius arnuxi Davies, 1963)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (33 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (43 publications) (from synonym Berardius arnouxi Flower, 1874)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Berardius arnuxii)
To GenBank (8 nucleotides; 4 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (MMP STR01316 Berardius arnuxii skull)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (22 publications) (from synonym Berardius arnuxi Davies, 1863)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (22 publications) (from synonym Berardius arnuxi Davies, 1963)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (33 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (43 publications) (from synonym Berardius arnouxi Flower, 1874)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Berardius arnuxii)
To GenBank (8 nucleotides; 4 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (MMP STR01316 Berardius arnuxii skull)
To ITIS
