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 albirostris (Gray, 1846)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Lagenorhynchus*	Gray, 1846	accepted genus name

Vernaculars (+) (-)

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

Czech: plískavice bělonosá

Danish: hvidnæse sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Dutch: dolfijn met witten snuit; witsnuitdolfijn

English: white-beaked bottlenose; white-beaked dolphin; white-nosed dolphin sources: North-West Atlantic Ocean species (NWARMS)

English-United States: White-beaked Dolphin sources: Charles Hussey

French: dauphin à bec blanc; dauphin à rostre blanc 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: weisschnauziger delphin; weisschnauziger Springer; Weißschnauzendelfin; weißschnauziger Delfin; weißschnauziger Springer sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Greek: Λευκόρυγχος λαγηνόρυγχος sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Greenlandic: niza

Icelandic: hnydingur; hofrungur

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

Kalaallisut: niza

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

Norwegian: hvidnaese; hvidsnudet delfin; hvitsnutet springer; kvitnos sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Norwegian Bokmål: kvitnos sources: Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., [ser. 1], 17:84

Norwegian Nynorsk: kvitnos sources: Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., [ser. 1], 17:84

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

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

Russian: belonosyi delfin; belorylyi delfin; дельфин беломордый sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Slovenian: belokljuni pisani delfin; elokljuni pisani delfin sources: Davorin Tome;PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Spanish, Castillian: delfín de hocico blanco 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.

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

Turkish: ak burunlu yunus sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Ukrainian: Дельфін біломордий sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Welsh: dolffin pigwyn

Literature

original description	Gray J.E. (1846). Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 17:21, pl. 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	University of Michigan Museum of Zoology. Animal Diversity Web.
additional source	Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp.
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

GenBank (80 nucleotides; 67 proteins)
Biodiversity Heritage Library (168 publications)
Barcode of Life (2 barcodes)
Marine Life Information Network - UK
GBIF

Citation

Perrin, W. (2014). Lagenorhynchus albirostris (Gray, 1846). 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:137101