Authority citation: Meyen, F.J.F. 1833. Beiträge zur Zoologie, gesammelt auf einer Reise um die Erde. Zweite Abhandlung. Säugethiere. Nova Acta Physico-Medica Academiae Caesareae Leopoldino-Carolinae Naturae Curiosorum 16(2):549-610.
Authority publication link: https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38634629
Original name as described: Delphinus coeruleo-albus
Nominal names: coeruleoalba (Meyen, 1833) | caesureoalbus (Lesson, 1836) [incorrect subsequent spelling] | caeruleoalbus (J. E. Gray, 1847) [incorrect subsequent spelling] | euphrosyne (J. E. Gray, 1847) | holbollii (S. Nilsson, 1847) [not used as valid] | styx (J. E. Gray, 1847) | lateralis (T. R. Peale, 1849) | tethyos (P. Gervais, 1853) | marginata (Duvernoy, 1856) | mediterranea (Loche, 1860) | asthenops (Cope, 1865) | crotaphisca (Cope, 1865) | dorcides (J. E. Gray, 1866) | dorides (J. E. Gray, 1866) [nomen novum] | euphrosine (A. Murray, 1866) [incorrect subsequent spelling] | euphrosynoides (J. E. Gray, 1868) [nomen novum] | burmeisteri (A. W. Malm, 1871) | esthenops (J. E. Gray, 1871) [incorrect subsequent spelling] | amphitriteus (R. A. Philippi, 1893) | doreides (Trouessart, 1898) [incorrect subsequent spelling] | euphrosinoides (Trouessart, 1898) [incorrect subsequent spelling] | holboellii (Jefferson, 2021) [unjustified emendation]
Other common names: Blue-white Dolphin|Euphrosyne Dolphin|Gray's Dolphin|Meyen's Dolphin|Streaker Porpoise|Whitebelly
Taxonomy
Subclass: Theria -- Infraclass: Placentalia -- Order: Artiodactyla -- Family: Delphinidae -- Subfamily: Delphininae
Type specimen voucher catalogue number: ZMB 51226
Type locality: "an der östlichen Küste von Südamerika; wir harpunirten ihn in der Gegend des Rio de la Plata," off coast of Argentina and Uruguay, South America.
Country distribution (coarse map shown below; most species exist in only part of countries): Croatia (HRV) | Slovenia (SVN) | Albania (ALB) | Algeria (DZA) | American Samoa (ASM) | Angola (AGO) | Anguilla (AIA) | Antigua and Barbuda (ATG) | Aruba (ABW) | Australia (AUS) | Bahamas | Bangladesh (BGD) | Barbados (BRB) | Belize (BLZ) | Benin (BEN) | Bermuda (BMU) | Bonaire | Sint Eustatius | Saba | Brazil (BRA) | Brunei (BRN) | Cape Verde (CPV) | Cambodia (KHM) | Cameroon (CMR) | Canada (CAN) | Cayman Islands (CYM) | China (CHN) | Cocos Islands (CCK) | Colombia (COL) | Comoros (COM) | Republic of the Congo (COG) | Democratic Republic of the Congo (COD) | Cook Islands (COK) | Costa Rica (CRI) | Cuba (CUB) | Curaçao (CUW) | Cyprus (CYP) | Cote d'Ivoire | Denmark (DNK) | Djibouti (DJI) | Dominica (DMA) | Dominican Republic (DOM) | Ecuador (ECU) | Egypt (EGY) | El Salvador (SLV) | Equatorial Guinea (GNQ) | Fiji (FJI) | France (FRA) | French Guiana (GUF) | French Polynesia (PYF) | Gabon (GAB) | Gambia | Germany (DEU) | Greece (GRC) | Greenland (GRL) | Grenada (GRD) | Guadeloupe (GLP) | Guam (GUM) | Guatemala (GTM) | Guinea (GIN) | Guinea-Bissau (GNB) | Guyana (GUY) | Haiti (HTI) | Honduras (HND) | India (IND) | Indonesia (IDN) | Iran (IRN) | Ireland | Israel (ISR) | Italy (ITA) | Jamaica (JAM) | Japan (JPN) | Kenya (KEN) | Kiribati (KIR) | Kuwait (KWT) | Liberia (LBR) | Madagascar (MDG) | Malaysia (MYS) | Maldives (MDV) | Marshall Islands (MHL) | Martinique (MTQ) | Montenegro (MNE) | Montserrat (MSR) | Morocco (MAR) | Mozambique (MOZ) | Myanmar (MMR) | Namibia (NAM) | Netherlands (NLD) | New Caledonia (NCL) | New Zealand (NZL) | Nicaragua (NIC) | Nigeria (NGA) | Niue (NIU) | Northern Marianas | Oman (OMN) | Pakistan (PAK) | Palau (PLW) | Panama (PAN) | Papua New Guinea (PNG) | Peru (PER) | Philippines (PHL) | Pitcairn | Portugal (PRT) | Puerto Rico (PRI) | Qatar (QAT) | Russia (RUS) | Saint Barthélemy (BLM) | Saint Helena | Saint Kitts and Nevis (KNA) | Saint Lucia (LCA) | Sint Maarten (SXM) | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (VCT) | Samoa (WSM) | São Tomé and Príncipe (STP) | Saudi Arabia (SAU) | Senegal (SEN) | Sierra Leone (SLE) | Singapore (SGP) | Solomon Islands (SLB) | Somalia (SOM) | South Africa (ZAF) | Spain (ESP) | Sri Lanka (LKA) | Suriname (SUR) | Taiwan (TWN) | Tanzania (TZA) | Thailand (THA) | East Timor (TLS) | Togo (TGO) | Tonga (TON) | Trinidad and Tobago (TTO) | Turks and Caicos Islands (TCA) | United Arab Emirates (ARE) | United Kingdom (GBR) | United States (USA) | Uruguay (URY) | Venezuela (VEN) | Vietnam (VNM) | British Virgin Islands (VGB) | United States Virgin Islands (VIR) | Wallis and Futuna (WLF) | Yemen (YEM) | Argentina? | Belgium? | Bosnia and Herzegovina? | Eritrea? | Iraq? | North Korea? | South Korea? | Lithuania? | Mayotte? | Nauru? | Norway? | Poland? | Seychelles? | Sudan? | Sweden? | Tuvalu? | Vanuatu?
Species Status: This species is currently living, it lives in wild habitats, its taxonomic status is currently accepted, and it is listed in MSW3 2005.
IUCN Red List of Threatened Species status: Least concern
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