Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Infraphylum Gnathostomata > Megaclass Tetrapoda > Class Mammalia > Subclass Theria > Order Cetartiodactyla > Suborder Cetancodonta > Infraorder Cetacea > Superfamily Odontoceti > Family Delphinidae > Genus Lagenorhynchus

Leucopleurus acutus (Gray, 1828)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Lagenorhynchus*	Gray, 1846	accepted genus name
*Leucopleurus*	Gray, 1866	synonym

Species group names

*Delphinus (Grampus) acutus*	Gray, 1828	synonym
*Lagenorhynchus acutus*	(Gray, 1828)	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

English: Atlantic white-sided dolphin

Literature

additional source	LeDuc, R. G., Perrin, W.F.; Dizon, A. E. (1999). Phylogenetic relationships among the delphinid cetaceans based on full cytochrome B sequences. Marine Mammal Science. 15:619–648.
taxonomy source	Vollmer, N. L.; Ashe, E.; Brownell, R. L.; Cipriano, F.; Mead, J. G.; Reeves, R. R.; Soldevilla, M. S.; Williams, R. (2019). Taxonomic revision of the dolphin genus Lagenorhynchus. Marine Mammal Science. 35(3): 957-1057.
ecology source	Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. Scientific Data. 10(1).

Genbank

Citation

Fordyce, E.; Perrin, W.F. (2025). World Cetacea Database. Leucopleurus acutus (Gray, 1828). Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1571853