Peponocephala electra

(J. E. Gray, 1847)

Melon-headed Whale

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Gray, J.E. 1847-01-29. On the cetaceous animals. Pp. 13–53 in Richardson, J. and Gray, J.E. 1844-1875. The Zoology of the Voyage of H.M.S. Erebus & Terror, under the command of Captain Sir James Clark Ross, R.N., F.R.S., during the years 1839 to 1843. Vol. I. Mammalia, Birds. E. W. Janson, London, not continuously paginated pp.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6957466

Original name as described

Lagenorhynchus electra

Other common names

Electra Dolphin · Little Killer Whale · Many-toothed Blackfish

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1844.10.5.3

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/1ad6426f-3d89-4905-b6c7-7344181162ac https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/c346c400-8b42-4940-921b-8bda484c26de https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/c346c400-8b42-4940-921b-8bda484c26de/1691366400000

Type locality

type locality unknown.

Biogeographic realm

Marine

Country distribution

American Samoa · Angola · Anguilla · Antigua and Barbuda · Aruba · Australia · Bahamas · Bangladesh · Barbados · Belize · Benin · Bermuda · Bonaire · Sint Eustatius · Saba · Brazil · Brunei · Cape Verde · Cambodia · Cameroon · Cayman Islands · Cocos Islands · Colombia · Comoros · Cook Islands · Costa Rica · Cuba · Curaçao · Djibouti · Dominica · Dominican Republic · Ecuador · El Salvador · Fiji · French Guiana · French Polynesia · Gabon · Gambia · Ghana · Grenada · Guadeloupe · Guam · Guatemala · Guinea · Guinea-Bissau · Guyana · Haiti · Honduras · India · Indonesia · Iran · Jamaica · Japan · Kenya · Kiribati · Liberia · Madagascar · Malaysia · Maldives · Marshall Islands · Martinique · Mauritania · Mauritius · Mayotte · Mexico · Micronesia · Montserrat · Mozambique · Myanmar · Namibia · Nauru · New Caledonia · Nicaragua · Niue · Northern Marianas · Oman · Pakistan · Palau · Panama · Papua New Guinea · Peru · Philippines · Pitcairn · Puerto Rico · Réunion · Saint Barthélemy · Saint Kitts and Nevis · Saint Lucia · Sint Maarten · Saint Vincent and the Grenadines · Samoa · Senegal · Seychelles · Sierra Leone · Singapore · Solomon Islands · Somalia · South Africa · Sri Lanka · Suriname · Taiwan · China · Tanzania · Thailand · East Timor · Tonga · Trinidad and Tobago · Turks and Caicos Islands · United States · Vanuatu · Venezuela · Vietnam · British Virgin Islands · United States Virgin Islands · Wallis and Futuna · Morocco · France · Republic of the Congo? · Democratic Republic of the Congo? · Cote d'Ivoire? · Equatorial Guinea? · North Korea? · South Korea? · Nigeria? · Saint Helena? · São Tomé and Príncipe? · Tuvalu? · Uruguay?

Subregion distribution

USA(HI,AL?,FL?,LA?,TX?)

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006424

Country distribution map

The map below provides a general overview. Most species inhabit only specific regions within countries. Known distribution is shown in green and predicted distribution is in yellow. 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. If the list is long, scroll down to see more.

Lagenorhynchus electra

(J. E. Gray, 1847)

Family

Delphinidae

Root name

electra

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1844.10.5.3

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/1ad6426f-3d89-4905-b6c7-7344181162ac https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/c346c400-8b42-4940-921b-8bda484c26de https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/c346c400-8b42-4940-921b-8bda484c26de/1691366400000

Authority page

35

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6957466

Authority publication

London

Name usages

Davies (1963:111) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/42155)

Electra obtusa

(J. E. Gray, 1868)

Family

Delphinidae

Root name

obtusa

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_novum

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1844.10.5.3

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/1ad6426f-3d89-4905-b6c7-7344181162ac https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/c346c400-8b42-4940-921b-8bda484c26de https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/c346c400-8b42-4940-921b-8bda484c26de/1691366400000

Authority page

7

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15869413

Authority publication

London

Delphinus (Lagenorhynchus) fusiformis

(R. Owen, 1866)

Family

Delphinidae

Root name

fusiformis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1866.2.5.1 (= BMNH:Mamm:475a)

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/95238601-84cb-44ca-80fd-9e140648b6d3 https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/c4b39378-fa8b-4d4e-bb9b-8eb36d2c2e82

Authority page

22

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30862886

Authority publication

Transactions of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

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

Lagenorhynchus Asia

(J. E. Gray, 1847)

Family

Delphinidae

Root name

asia

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:358a

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/e22b759b-cf84-438f-b339-c2e16023e73a

Authority page

35

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6957466

Authority publication

London

Name usages

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

Phocæna pectoralis

(T. R. Peale, 1849)

Family

Delphinidae

Root name

pectoralis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:A4108

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/321b19906-4b23-4fca-93cd-6f739e3eacd5

Authority page

32

Authority publication

Philadelphia

Name usages

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

Peponocephala electra

Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980

Family

Delphinidae

Root name

electra

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

110

Authority publication

London

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:110) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:294, 295) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Mead & Brownell (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9684)
  4. Mittermeier & Wilson (2014:519) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67175)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #16564) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #16564) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006424) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  8. Schmidly, Bradley, Yancey & Bradley (2024:59) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67259)
  9. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/16564/50369125) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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