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Fraser and Purves, 1960, Bull. Brit. Mus. (Nat Hist.), Zool., 7: fig. 26 

 and text [auditory system; classification]. 



Rhinodelphis Wagner, 1846, Schreber's Saugthiere, 7: viii, 281, 316 

 [subgenus of Delphinus; included species: eschrichtii Schlegel (=Lageno- 

 rhynchus acutus Gray), D. albirostris Gray (= Lagenorhynchus albirostris 

 Gray), tursio Fabricius (=D. tursio authors = Tur slops truncatus Mon- 

 tagu), abusalam Riippel (= Tur slops t. aduncus Ehrenberg), planlceps 

 Schlegel (=Steno bredanensis Lesson), reinwardtll (=Steno bredanensls 

 Lesson), delphls (designated type by G. M. Allen, 1939, Bull. Mus. 

 Comp. Zool., 83: 250= Delphinus delphls Linnaeus), pseudodelphls 

 Wiegmann (=Stenella dubia Cuvier), plumbeus G. Cuvier (= Solatia 

 plumbea G. Cuvier), longer Wiegmann (=Stenella longer Wiegmann= 

 ?S. dubia Cuvier), coeruleoalbus Meyen (=Stenella coeruleoalbus Meyen), 

 supercillosus Lesson (= Lagenorhynchus cruclger Quoy and Gaimard), 

 longlrostrls Gray {—Stenella longlrostrls Gray), novaezelandlae [sic] Quoy 

 and Gaimard (= Delphinus delphls Linnaeus), leucoramphus Peron 

 (= Llssodelphls peronll Lacepede), amazonlcus Spix (=Inia geoffrensls 

 Blainville)]. 



Delphls Gray, 1864, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1864: 236 [subgenus of 

 Delphinus Linnaeus; type species: Delphinus delphls by tautonomy (and 

 monotypy); name preoccupied by Delphls Wagler (= Delphlnapterus 

 Lacepede)]. 



Eudelphlnus Van Beneden and Gervais, 1880, Osteographie des cetaces, 

 p. 600 [type species: Delphinus delphls by original designation (p. 601). 



Type species: Delphinus delphls Linnaeus, by tautonomy. 

 Distribution: Temperate and warm seas throughout the world. 



Delphinus delphis delphis Linnaeus 



Delphinus delphls Linnaeus, 1758, Syst. Nat., ed. 10, 1: 77. — Flower, 

 1880, Trans. Zool. Soc. London, (1880-1885), 11: 1, pi. 1 (animal) 

 [external characters]. — Flower, 1884, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1883: 

 500, 512, fig. 9 (palate) [characters; taxonomy]. — True, 1889, Bull. 

 U.S. Nat. Mus., 36: 45, 49, 50, 59, 85, 160, pi. 11, fig. 1 (animal), 

 figs. 2, 3 (skull) [taxonomy; synonyms: D. major Gray, fulvofasciatus 

 Wagner, forsterl Gray, janlra Gray, pomeegra Owen, balrdll Dall, moorel 

 Gray, walkeri Gray, novce-zealandlce [sic] Quoy and Gaimard, alblmanus 

 Peale, marglnatus Lafont, fusus Lafont, varlegatus Lafont, balteatus 

 Lafont, moschatus Lafont]. — Lahille, 1899, Primera reunion del Congreso 

 Latinoamericano, 3: 200 [S. Atlantic: Argentina (coast of Chubut); 

 Delphinus mlcrops Burmeister a synonym]. — Beddard, 1900, Book of 

 whales, p. 255, pi. 14 (animal) [characters; habits]. — Lahille, 1905, 

 Rev. Jardin Zool., Buenos Aires, 1905: 59 [S. Atlantic: Argentina 

 (Punta Cantor, Chubut); characters]. — Thomas, 1911, Proc. Zool. Soc. 

 London, 1911: 158 [type history].— Slijper, 1936, Die Cetaceen, 



