Galapagos Species Database

Taxon category: Accepted

Syn.: Delphinus (Tursio) cymodoce Burmeister, 1867, Delphinus compressicauda Lesson, 1828, Delphinus erebennus Cope, 1865, Delphinus metis [No.1] Gray, 1846, Delphinus nesarnack Lacépède, 1804, Delphinus nesarnak Reichenback, 1846, Delphinus parvimanus Lutken, 1887, Delphinus troncatus F. Cuvier, 1836, Delphinus truncatus Montagu, 1821, Delphinus tursio Bonnaterre, 1789, Delphinus tursio obtusus Schlegel, 1862, Tursio cymodice Figueira, 1894, Tursio metis Gray, 1868, Tursio truncatus Gray, 1843, Tursiops gephyreus Lahille, 1908, Tursiops gilli Dall, 1873, Tursiops gillii Scammon, 1874, Tursiops maugeanus Iredale & Troughton, 1934, Tursiops nuuanu Andrews, 1911, Tursiops parvimanus Van Beneden, 1886, Tursiops subridens Flower, 1884, Tursiops truncantus Montagu, 1821, Tursiops truncatus gilli Tomilin, 1962, Tursiops truncatus gillii Tomilin, 1957, Tursiops tursio Gervais, 1855 (Horton et al., 2021).

Taxon origin: Migrant

Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.

Distribution: Distribution East Pacific, Eastern Atlantic Ocean, Indo-West Pacific, Western Atlantic Ocean (Horton et al., 2021).

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