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 Delphinus

Delphinus delphis Linnaeus, 1758

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Delphinus*	Linnaeus, 1758	accepted genus name

Children

Delphinus delphis delphis Linnaeus, 1758

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Afrikaans: gewone dolfyn

Albanian: delfini i zakonshëm sources: Dhora, DH. 2008. Fjalor i emrave të kafshëve të Shqipërisë (Emri shkencor – Shqip – Anglisht) / Dictionary of animal names of Albania (Scientific names – Albanian – English). Camaj – Pipa. Shkodër, Albania. pp. 288.

Aleutian: angaigik

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

Bulgarian: obiknoven delfin; Делфин; Обикновен делфин sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Catalan: dofí comu

Czech: delfín obecný

Danish: almindelig delfin; almindelige Delphin sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Dutch: dolfijn; gewone dolfijn sources: Camphuysen, Kees

English: common dolphin; saddle-backed dolphin; sea porpoise; short-beaked common dolphin; short-beaked saddleback dolphin; short-beaked saddle-backed dolphin sources: North-West Atlantic Ocean species (NWARMS)

English-United States: Common Dolphin sources: Charles Hussey

Euskera: izurde arrunta

French: bec d'oie; camus; dauphin; dauphin à bande fauve; dauphin commun; dauphin commun à petit bec; dauphin delphis; dauphin ordinaire; dauphin vulgaire sources: 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.

German: Delfin; Delphin; gemeiner Delphin; kurzschnäuziger gemeiner Delphin sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Greek: Κοινό δελφίνι sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Greenlandic: ardlusarsuk

Icelandic: hofrung; huisen; hundfiscur

Indonesian: lumba-lumba biasa

Israel (Hebrew): דולפין מובהק sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Italian: delfino; delfino comune sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Japanese: ma iruka; suzume-iruka; tobi iruka

Kalaallisut: ardlusarsuk

Korean: jjalbeun-buri-cham-dolgorae

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

Malayalam: chankan eedi

Norwegian: delfin; delphin; dolffin; gulflankedelfin; spidsnudet delfin; spinger; spinghval sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Norwegian Bokmål: delfin; gulflankedelfin sources: Systema Naturae, 10th ed., 1:77

Norwegian Nynorsk: delfin; gulflankedelfin sources: Systema Naturae, 10th ed., 1:77

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

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

Portuguese: golfinho; toninha comum

Romanian: delfinul comun; delfinus sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Russian: byelobochka; byelobochka (Black Sea); obyknovennyi delfin; дельфин белобочка; обыкновенный дельфин sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Slovenian: navadni delfin sources: Davorin Tome

Spanish, Castillian: delfín común; delfín común de rostro corto; delfin panza blanca; delfin rayado; delfin tollino; tonino de mar sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

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

Tamil: panavai meen; pomigra

Tamul: pomigra

Telugu: ganupuli

Turkish: tirtak; tirtak yunus; tyrtak; yunus sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Ukrainian: Білобочка чорноморська; Дельфін білобочка sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Welsh: dolffin cyffredin

Literature

original description	Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae. ii, 824 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	Heyning, J. E. and W. F. Perrin. (1994). Evidence for two species of common dolphins (genus Delphinus)from the eastern North Pacific. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County Contributions in Science 442:1-35.
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.

Genbank

Taxonomy

WoRMS

External Links

Biodiversity Heritage Library (698 publications)
Barcode of Life (5 barcodes)
Marine Life Information Network - UK
GenBank (1160 nucleotides; 319 proteins)
GBIF

Citation

Perrin, W. (2014). Delphinus delphis Linnaeus, 1758. 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:137094