Lissodelphis peronii

(de Lacépède, 1804)

Southern Right-whale Dolphin

Taxonomy

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

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/51130815 https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51131174

Original name as described

Delphinus Peronii

Other common names

Mealy-mouthed Porpoise · Peron's Dolphin

Type locality

"dans les environs du cap sud de la terre de Diémen, et par consequent vers le quarante-quatrime degree de latitude australe [= about 44° S, 141° E, south of Tasmania]," Indian Ocean.

Biogeographic realm

Marine

Country distribution

Argentina · Australia · Brazil · Chile · Falkland Islands · Mozambique · Namibia · New Zealand · Peru · Saint Helena · South Africa · South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands · Uruguay

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006420

Country distribution map

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details. If the list is long, scroll down to see more.

Prodelphinus ?Gervaisi

(Trouessart, 1898)

Family

Delphinidae

Root name

gervaisi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MNHN (number not known)

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

1036

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53436249

Authority publication

Berlin

Delphinapterus Peronii

(Lesson, 1827)

Family

Delphinidae

Root name

peronii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

417

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207884

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

Lesson (1827:417, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207884) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36839)

Tursio Peronii

(Lahille, 1899)

Family

Delphinidae

Root name

peronii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

200

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35147066

Authority publication

Primera Reunión del Congreso Científico Latino Americano

Name usages

Lahille (1899:200, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35147066) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37834)

Lissodelphis peroni

J. L. Davies, 1963

Family

Delphinidae

Root name

peroni

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination · incorrect_subsequent_spelling

Authority page

111

Authority publication

Evolution

Name usages

  1. Davies (1963:111) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/42155)
  2. Corbet & Hill (1980:109) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)

Lissodelphis peronii

Honacki, Kinman, & Koeppl, 1982

Family

Delphinidae

Root name

peronii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

294

Authority publication

Lawrence

Name usages

  1. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:294) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  2. Mead & Brownell (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9684)
  3. Mittermeier & Wilson (2014:523) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67175)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #12126) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #12126) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006420) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  7. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/12126/50362558) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Delphinus leucoramphus

(de Lacépède, 1804)

Family

Delphinidae

Root name

leucoramphus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

notusedas_valid

Authority page

316 (footnote)

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51131174

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

Illiger (1815:103, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11080959) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38688)

Delphinus Peronii

(de Lacépède, 1804)

Family

Delphinidae

Root name

peronii

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

xliii, 316

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51130815 https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51131174

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

  1. Fischer (1814:xxiii, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29130084) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/12226)
  2. Lesson (1842:198) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)

Delphinus leucorhamphus

(Schlegel, 1841)

Family

Delphinidae

Root name

leucorhamphus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

24

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16012277

Authority publication

Leiden

Name usages

Mead & Brownell (2005:731) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9684)

Delphinus bicolor

(J. E. Gray, 1847)

Family

Delphinidae

Root name

bicolor

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

notusedas_valid

Authority page

36

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6957467

Authority publication

London

Delphinus leucorhamphus

(P. Gervais in P. J. Van Beneden & P. Gervais, 1880)

Family

Delphinidae

Root name

leucorhamphus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling · subsequent_usage

Authority page

605

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34018159

Authority publication

Paris

Delphinapterus Lessonii

(R. A. Philippi, 1893)

Family

Delphinidae

Root name

lessonii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

17, pl. 4, fig. 3

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34836683

Authority publication

Anales del Museo Nacional de Chile

Delphinapterus leucorrhamphus

(R. A. Philippi, 1893)

Family

Delphinidae

Root name

leucorrhamphus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

15

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34836681

Authority publication

Anales del Museo Nacional de Chile

Delphinus peroni

(Reed, 1904)

Family

Delphinidae

Root name

peroni

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

138

Authority publication

Revista Chilena de Historia Natural

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