Delphinus delphis Linnaeus 1758
- Dataset
- Mammals of Korea: a review of their taxonomy, distribution and conservation status
- Rank
- SPECIES
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Chordata
- class
- Mammalia
- order
- Cetacea
- family
- Delphinidae
- genus
- Delphinus
- species
- Delphinus delphis
discussion
Remarks: A discontinuity exists in the distribution of the central and northern stocks of the eastern Pacific short-beaked common dolphins (Perrin et al., 1985) as well as documented differences in average adult size, reproductive seasonality and genetics (Chivers et al. 2003). Records of D. delphis before the 1990 s mostly refer to D. capensis in the North Pacific Ocean (Amano 2009 a, b). The Subspecies, D. d. delphis Linnaeus, 1758 inhabits the waters of Korea.
distribution
Range: A school of 100 short-beaked whales was observed once in 2007 in the East Sea (Cetacean Research Institute 2007), but compared to D. capensis, the short-beaked common dolphin is rare in Korean waters (Fig. 104).
Name
- Synonyms
- Delphinus pomeegrea Owen 1866
- Homonyms
- Delphinus delphis Linnaeus 1758