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

Ziphiidae Gray, 1850

Rank: Family
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Berardius Duvernoy, 1851
Hyperoodon Lacépède, 1804
Mesoplodon Gervais, 1850
Ziphius Cuvier, 1823

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Dutch: spitssnuitdolfijnen

English: beaked whales sources: MASDEA (1997).

Japanese: アカボウクジラ科 sources: Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology. (2009 onwards). Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL). Accessed on 2018-11-21.

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

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

Swedish: näbbvalar

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	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.

Genbank

Citation

Fordyce, E.; Perrin, W.F. (2025). World Cetacea Database. Ziphiidae Gray, 1850. 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:136986