Cephalorhynchus commersonii

(de Lacépède, 1804)

Commerson's Dolphin

Also as Black-and-white Dolphin, Piebald Dolphin, Skunk Dolphin.
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Location:USA, CA, San Diego Co., Sea WorldDate taken:Aug 22, 2010Description : Also as Black-and-white Dolphin, Piebald Dolphin, Skunk Dolphin.

Distribution :

Argentina to Chile: Gulf of San Matias, Argentina, to the Chilean side of the Straits of Magellan; South Shetland, Falkland and Kerguelen Isls. See Brownell and Praderi (1985) for further discussion. Rice (1998:101) recognized that the Falkland and Kerguelen Island populations are disjunct and suggested that they differ in subspecies, the Falkland population being C. c. commersonii and the Kerguelen population being C. c. subsp.

Image courtesy of the ASM Mammal Images Library · MIL ID: 4048

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Laurasiatheria
Order : Artiodactyla
Suborder : Cetacea
Infraorder : Odontoceti
Superfamily : Delphinoidea
Family : Delphinidae
Subfamily : Lissodelphininae
Genus : Cephalorhynchus

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Lacépède, B.G.É. de. 1804. Histoire naturelle des cétacées. Plassan, Paris, 329 pp.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51130814 https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51131175

Original name as described

Delphinus Commersonii

Other common names

Black-and-white Dolphin · Piebald Dolphin · Skunk Dolphin · Kerguelen Islands Commerson's Dolphin

Type material

lost (number not known)

Type kind

syntypes

Type locality

"de la terre de Feu et dans le détroit de Magellan [= Tierra Del Fuego and Straits of Magellan], " Chile.

Biogeographic realm

Marine

Country distribution

Argentina · Chile · Falkland Islands · French Southern and Antarctic Lands · Brazil · South Africa

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006407

Country distribution map

The map below provides a general overview. Most species inhabit only specific regions within countries. Hover over the highlighted regions to see the country name.

Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details.

Total: 8 names and synonyms.

Delphinus Commersonii

(de Lacépède, 1804)

Family

Delphinidae

Root name

commersonii

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

lost (number not known)

Type kind

syntypes

Authority page

xliv, 317

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51130814 https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51131175

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

  1. Fischer (1814:xxiii, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29130084) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/12226)
  2. Illiger (1815:110, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11080966) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38688)
  3. Schinz (1821:421, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51529182) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37604)
  4. Desmarest (1822:517, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39521961) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36189)

Phocœna Commersonii

(Lesson, 1827)

Family

Delphinidae

Root name

commersonii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

414

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207881

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

Lesson (1827:414, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207881) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36839)

Lagenorhynchus Burmeisteri

(F. P. Moreno, 1892)

Family

Delphinidae

Root name

burmeisteri

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_nudum

Authority page

390

Authority publication

Revista del Museo de La Plata

Lagenorhynchus Floweri

(F. P. Moreno, 1892)

Family

Delphinidae

Root name

floweri

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MLP 1480

Type kind

syntypes

Authority page

385

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9654240

Authority publication

Revista del Museo de La Plata

Name usages

  1. Trouessart (1898:1038, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53436251) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59287)
  2. Trouessart (1905:767, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53423648) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59290)
  3. Mead & Brownell (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9684)

Lagenorynchus Floweri

(Lahille, 1899)

Family

Delphinidae

Root name

floweri

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

201

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35147067

Authority publication

Primera Reunión del Congreso Científico Latino Americano

Name usages

Lahille (1899:201, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35147067) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37834)

Cephalorhynchus commersonii

R. Kellogg, 1940

Family

Delphinidae

Root name

commersonii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

89

Authority publication

National Geographic Magazine

Name usages

  1. Kellogg (1940:89) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/71565)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:291) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Mead & Brownell (1993:351) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69010)
  4. LeDuc, Perrin & Dizon (1999:639) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/987)
  5. Mead & Brownell (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9684)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #4159) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #4159) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  8. D'Elía, Canto-Hernández, Ossa, Verde-Arregoitia, Bostelmann, Iriarte, Amador, Quiroga-Carmona, Hurtado, Cadenillas & Valdez (2020:71) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67620)
  9. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006407) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  10. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/4159/128963283) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Cephalorhynchus commersoni

Yañez, 1948

Family

Delphinidae

Root name

commersoni

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

115

Authority publication

Revista de Biologia Marina

Name usages

  1. Fraser & Purves (1960:53, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27756188) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/49914)
  2. Hershkovitz (1966:72, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7869914) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/11469)
  3. Corbet & Hill (1980:110) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  4. Corbet & Hill (1991:119) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)

Cephalorhynchus commersonii kerguelenensis

Robineau, Goodall, F. Pichler, & C. S. Baker, 2007

Family

Delphinidae

Root name

kerguelenensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MNHN-ZM-AC-1983-57

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

180

Authority publication

Mammalia

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