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Sot alia brasiliensis E. Van Beneden 



Sotalia brasiliensis E. Van Beneden, 1875, Mem. Acad. Sci. Roy. Belgique, 

 41: 1, 8 (name), 9 (description), pi. 1 (animal, postcranial skeleton), 

 pi. 2 (skull, osteological parts) [characters; habits]. 



Sotalia brasiliensis, Van Beneden and Gervais, 1880, Osteographie des 

 cetaces, p. 694 [characters; comparisons; Delphinus microps Gray 

 regarded as a synonym]. — Flower, 1884, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 

 1883: 488 [pallidus Gervais and tucuxi Gray doubtfully distinct]. — 

 Goeldi, 1887, Zool. Jahrb., Jena, Syst. Abt., 3: 134, text figs, (sternum) 

 [S. Pacific: Brazil (Bahia de Rio de Janeiro); osteology]. — True, 

 1889, Bull. U.S. Nat. Mus., 36: 17, 155, pi. 3, fig. 1 (animal), fig. 2 

 (skull); characters; comparisons; distinction from other American 

 species of Sotalia questioned]. — Beddard, 1900, Book of whales, p. 270 

 [regarded as identical with guianensis]. — Cabrera and Yepes, 1940, 

 Mamiferos sudamericanos, p. 294 [characters; habits; distribution]. 



[Steno (Sotalia)] brasiliensis, Trouessart, 1898, Cat. Mamm,, p. 1028 

 [classification] . 



Sotalia braziliensis [sic], Racovitza, 1903, Expedition Antarctique Belgique, 

 pp. 44, 59 [Brazil (Rio de Janeiro)]. 



D[elphinus] guianensis, Flower (part, not P. J. Van Beneden), 1884, Proc. 

 Zool. Soc. London, 1883: 488 [S. Atlantic: Brazil (Rio de Janeiro); 

 characters] . 



Sotalia guianensis, Fraser (not P. J. Van Beneden), in Norman and Fraser, 

 1938, Giant fishes, whales and dolphins, p. 336 [S. Atlantic: Brazil 

 (Rio de Janeiro)].— Scheffer and Rice, 1963, U.S. Fish and Wildlife 

 Serv., Spec. Sci. Rep., 431 : 7 [part; S. brasiliensis treated as a synonym]. 



[?]Delphinus geoffrensis, Blainville (part, not Blainville), 1817, Nouv. Diet. 

 Hist. Nat., 9: 152 [individual seen by M. Freminville on the coast of 

 Brazil]. 



[?]Sotalia [sp.], Carvalho, 1961, Rev. Brasil. Biol., 21(4): 444 [S. Atlantic: 

 Brazil (Santos; Sao Paulo)]. 



Type : Originally a complete specimen but presumably now represented 

 by skin and complete skeleton; in the Louvain Museum; collected by E. 

 Van Beneden. 



Type locality: Baia de Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. 



Distribution: Known with certainty only from the Baia de Rio de 

 Janeiro, Brazil, but range may extend southwest along coast at least as 

 far as Santos, Sao Paulo. 



Sotalia chinensis Osbeck 



Delphinus chinensis Osbeck, 1765, Reise nach Ostindien und China, 

 Rostock, 1: 7. — Bonnaterre, 1789, Tabl. Encycl. Meth., Cetologie, 

 p. 21 [in synonymy of Delphinus delphis; characters]. — Blainville, 1817, 

 in Desmarest, Nouv. Diet. Hist. Nat., 9:158 [characters]. 



