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 > 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

Species group names

*Delphinus capensis*	Gray, 1828	synonym

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.

Aleut: angaigik

Basque: izurde arrunta; marzupla

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)

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

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

Icelandic: hofrung; huisen; hundfiscur

Indonesian: lumba-lumba biasa

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

Japanese: ma iruka; suzume-iruka; tobi iruka; マイルカ sources: Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology. (2009 onwards). Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL). Accessed on 2018-11-21.

Kalaallisut: ardlusarsuk

Korean: jjalbeun-buri-cham-dolgorae

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

Malayalam: chankan eedi

Norwegian: delphin; dolffin; spidsnudet delfin; spinger; spinghval

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

Norwegian Nynorsk: 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

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. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. 1(10) [iii], 824 p.
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	Perrin, W.F.; Würsig, B.; Thewissen, J.G.M. (2009). Encyclopedia of marine mammals. Second edition. Academic Press: London. ISBN 978-0-12-373553-9. xxix, 1316 pp.
additional source	Mead, J. G.; Brownell, R. L. Jr. (2005). Cetacea. 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. 723--743.
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.
additional source	Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp.
additional source	Jefferson, T. A., M. A. Webber and R. L. Pitman. (2008). Marine mammals of the world. Academic Press, Amsterdam.
additional source	Hershkovitz, P. (1966). Catalog of Living Whales. Bulletin of the United States National Museum. (246): 1-259.
additional source	IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
additional source	Rice, D. W. (1998). Marine mammals of the world. Systematics and distribution. Society for Marine Mammalogy Special Publication. 4.
ecology source	Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. Scientific Data. 10(1).

Genbank

External Links

Marine Life Information Network - UK

Citation

Fordyce, E.; Perrin, W.F. (2025). World Cetacea Database. Delphinus delphis Linnaeus, 1758. 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:137094