Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Superclass Gnathostomata > Superclass Tetrapoda > Class Mammalia > Subclass Theria > Order Cetartiodactyla > Suborder Cetancodonta > Infraorder Cetacea > Superfamily Odontoceti > Family Delphinidae > Genus Delphinus

Delphinus capensis Gray, 1828

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Delphinus*	Linnaeus, 1758	accepted genus name

Vernaculars (+) (-)

English: Baja-neritic common dolphin; long-beaked common dolphin; long-beaked saddle-back dolphin; saddle-back dolphin; whitebelly porpoise sources: UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms

French: dauphin commun à long bec

German: Langschnäuziger Gemeiner Delphin sources: Germany PESI focal point

Greek: Μακρύρυγχο κοινό δελφίνι sources: Greek PESI focal point

Israel (Hebrew): דולפין מצוי sources: Hebrew PESI focal point

Italian: Delfino comune a becco lungo sources: italian PESI focal point

Lithuanian: ilgasnukis paprastasis delfinas sources: Lithuanian PESI focal point

Russian: обыкновенный дельфин, sources: Russian PESI focal point

Spanish, Castillian: delfín común de rostro largo

Turkish: Uzun burunlu tirtak

Literature

original description	Gray, J. E. (1828). Original figures and short systematic descriptions of new and unfigured animals. Spicilegia Zoologica Part 1.
basis of record	van der Land, J. (2001). Tetrapoda, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 375-376
additional source	Jefferson, T. A., M. A. Webber and R. L. Pitman. (2008). Marine mammals of the world. Academic Press, Amsterdam.
additional source	The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2008.
additional source	Perrin, W. F., B. Würsig and J. G. M. Thewissen. (2009). Encyclopedia of marine mammals. Academic Press, Amsterdam.
additional source	Mead, J. G. and R. L. Brownell, Jr. (2005). Cetacea. Pages 723--743 in Wilson, D.E. & D.M. Reeder (eds). Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed), Johns Hopkins University Press, 2,142 pp.
additional source	Rice, D. W. 1998. Marine mammals of the world. Systematics and distribution. Society for Marine Mammalogy Special Publication 4.
additional source	Hershkovitz, P. (1966). Catalog of living whales. U.S. National Museum Bulletin 246:1--259.
additional source	Heyning, J. E. and W. F. Perrin. (1994). Evidence for two species of common dolphins (genus Delphinus)from the eastern North Pacific. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County Contributions in Science 442:1-35.

Genbank

External Links

Link To GBIF

Citation

Perrin, W. (2010). Delphinus capensis Gray, 1828. In: Perrin, W.F. World Cetacea Database. In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2012) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:137093