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 Grampus

Grampus griseus (G. Cuvier, 1812)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Grampus*	Gray, 1828	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Delphinus griseus*	G. Cuvier, 1812	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Afrikaans: Risso-dolfyn

Basque: marzupla

Catalan: cap d'olla gris

Danish: halvrgindehvaler; rissosdelfin sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Dutch: dolfijn van Risso; gramper; grijze dolfijn

English: gray grampus; grey dolphin; Risso's dolphin; Risso's grampus; white-headed grampus sources: North-West Atlantic Ocean species (NWARMS)

French: dauphin de Cuvier; dauphin de Risso; marsouin gris

German: gestreifter Delfin; gestreifter Delphin; Rundkopfdelfin; Rundkopfdelphin sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Greek: stachtodélfino; Σταχτοδέλφινο sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Hebrew: גרמפוס; גרמפוס אפור sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Indonesian: lumba-lumba abu-abu; temu bura

Italian: delfino de Risso; delfino di Risso; grampo; grampo grigio sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Japanese: hana gondo kujira; kamabire sakamata; mazuba iruka; sakamata kujira; shiro-shachi; ハナゴンドウ sources: Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology. (2009 onwards). Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL). Accessed on 2018-11-21.

Korean: keunmeori-dolgorae

Lithuanian: pilkasis delfinas sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Malagasy: lambondriaka mavomavo; lambondriaka volombatolalaka

Norwegian Bokmål: arrdelfin; rissodelfin sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Norwegian Nynorsk: arrdelfin; rissodelfin sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Polish: risso szary sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Portuguese: golfinho cinzento; golfinho de Risso; grampo

Russian: seryy delfin; серый дельфин sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Slovenian: okrogloglavi delfin sources: Davorin Tome

Spanish, Castillian: calderón gris; delfín de Risso; delfín gris; fabo calderon; grampo sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Swedish: rissos delfin sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Tamil: panavai meen

Turkish: boz yunus; yuvarlak basli yunus; yuvarlak başlı yunus sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Ukrainian: Дельфін сірий; Сірий дельфін sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Welsh: chyw dolffin Risso; dolffin Risso

Literature

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	Rice, D. W. (1998). Marine mammals of the world. Systematics and distribution. Society for Marine Mammalogy Special Publication. 4.
additional source	Perrin, W.F.; Würsig, B.; Thewissen, J.G.M. (2009). Encyclopedia of marine mammals. Second edition. Academic Press: London. ISBN 978-0-12-373553-9. xxix, 1316 pp.
additional source	Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp.
additional source	Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
additional source	IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
additional source	Hershkovitz, P. (1966). Catalog of Living Whales. Bulletin of the United States National Museum. (246): 1-259.
additional source	Jefferson, T. A., M. A. Webber and R. L. Pitman. (2008). Marine mammals of the world. Academic Press, Amsterdam.
additional source	Schmidly, D. J. and B. Würsig. 2009. Mammals (Vertebrata: Mammalia) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1343–1352 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.
additional source	King, C.M.; Roberts, C.D.; Bell, B.D.; Fordyce, R.E.; Nicoll, R.S.; Worthy, T.H.; Paulin, C.D.; Hitchmough, R.A.; Keyes, I.W.; Baker, A.N.; Stewart, A.L.; Hiller, N.; McDowall, R.M.; Holdaway, R.N.; McPhee, R.P.; Schwarzhans, W.W.; Tennyson, A.J.D.; Rust, S.; Macadie, I. (2009). Phylum Chordata: lancelets, fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals. in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. pp. 431-554.
additional source	Mead, J. G.; Brownell, R. L. Jr. (2005). Cetacea. 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. 723--743.
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

External Links

Marine Life Information Network - UK

Citation

Fordyce, E.; Perrin, W.F. (2025). World Cetacea Database. Grampus griseus (G. Cuvier, 1812). 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:137098