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

Delphinidae Gray, 1821

Rank: Family
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Delphinus Linnaeus, 1758
Feresa Gray, 1870
Globicephala Lesson, 1828
Grampus Gray, 1828
Lagenodelphis Fraser, 1957
Lagenorhynchus Gray, 1846
Orcinus Fitzinger, 1860
Peponocephala Nishiwaki & Norris, 1966
Pseudorca Reinhardt, 1862
Stenella Gray, 1866
Steno Gray, 1846
Tursiops Gervais, 1855

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Dutch: dolfijnen

English: ocean dolphins sources: MASDEA (1997).

Japanese: マイルカ科 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: delfinfamilien sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

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

Swedish: delfiner

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

Genbank

Citation

Fordyce, E.; Perrin, W.F. (2025). World Cetacea Database. Delphinidae Gray, 1821. 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:136980