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 Lagenorhynchus

Lagenorhynchus acutus (Gray, 1828)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Lagenorhynchus*	Gray, 1846	accepted genus name

Vernaculars (+) (-)

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

Danish: hvidskaering; hvidskæving; Hvidskjaevings-Springeren; kvaessing sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Dutch: witflankdolfijn; witzijdedolfijn; witzijdolfijn sources: Jefferson, T.A.; Leatherwood, S.; Webber, M.A. (1993). Marine mammals of the world. FAO Species identification guide. FAO: Rome, Italy. ISBN 92-5-103292-0. VIII, 320 pp.

English: Atlantic white-sided dolphin; Eschricht's dolphin; jumper; skunk porpoise sources: North-West Atlantic Ocean species (NWARMS)

English-United States: Atlantic White-sided Dolphin sources: Charles Hussey

French: dauphin à flancs blancs de l' Atlantique sources: Jefferson, T.A.; Leatherwood, S.; Webber, M.A. (1993). Marine mammals of the world. FAO Species identification guide. FAO: Rome, Italy. ISBN 92-5-103292-0. VIII, 320 pp.

German: nordischer Delfin; nordischer Dolphin; Springer; Weißseitendelfin sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Greek: Λαγηνόρυγχος του Ατλαντικού sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Italian: lagenorinco acuto sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Lithuanian: atlantinis baltašonis delfinas; Atlanto baltašonis delfinas sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Norwegian: hvidskjaevingen; hvitskjering; kvitskjeving; springhval sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Norwegian Bokmål: kvitskjeving sources: Spicilegia Zoologica, 1:2

Norwegian Nynorsk: kvitskjeving sources: Spicilegia Zoologica, 1:2

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

Polish: delfin białoboki sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Russian: belobokyi delfin; ostrorylyi delfin; атлантический белобокий дельфин sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Slovenian: Atlantski pisani delfin sources: Davorin Tome

Spanish, Castillian: delfín atlántico de flancos blancos; delfín de flancos blancos; delfín de flancos blancos del Atlántico sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points;Jefferson, T.A.; Leatherwood, S.; Webber, M.A. (1993). Marine mammals of the world. FAO Species identification guide. FAO: Rome, Italy. ISBN 92-5-103292-0. VIII, 320 pp.

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

Turkish: Atlantik beyaz yanlı yunusu sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Ukrainian: Атлантичний білобокий дельфін; Дельфін атлантичний білобокий sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Welsh: dolffin ystlyswyn

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	IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
additional source	Perrin, W. F., B. Würsig and J. G. M. Thewissen. (2009). Encyclopedia of marine mammals. Academic Press, Amsterdam.
additional source	Carwardine, M., E. Hoyt, R. E. Fordyce and P. Gill. 1998. Whales, dolphins and porpoises. Time-Life Books. Nature Company Guides, USA. 288 p.
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	ITIS database

Genbank

Taxonomy

WoRMS

External Links

Biodiversity Heritage Library (152 publications)
Barcode of Life (2 barcodes)
Marine Life Information Network - UK
GenBank (77 nucleotides; 44 proteins)
GBIF

Citation

Perrin, W. (2014). Lagenorhynchus acutus (Gray, 1828). In: Perrin, W.F. (2014) World Cetacea Database. In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:137100