Published December 31, 1993 | Version v1
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Peponocephala electro

Description

Peponocephala electro (Gray, 1846). Zool. Voy. H.M.S. "Erebus" and "Terror", 1:35.

TYPE LOCALITY: None given, unknown.

DISTRIBUTION: Worldwide: tropical to warm-temperate waters.

STATUS: CITES - Appendix II.

SYNONYMS: asia, fusiformis, pectoralis.

COMMENTS: Historically this species was included in the genus Lagenorhynchus.

Notes

Published as part of James G. Mead & Robert L. Brownell, Jr., 1993, Order Cetacea, pp. 349-364 in Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition), Washington and London :Smithsonian Institution Press on page 355, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7352970

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Biodiversity

Family
Delphinidae
Genus
Peponocephala
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Cetacea
Phylum
Chordata
Scientific name authorship
Gray
Species
electro
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Peponocephala electro (Gray, 1846) sec. Mead & Brownell, 1993