| Checklist Name | Cetaceans Database - Dolphins |
|---|---|
| Description | Defined list of cetacean species for the Australian coastal regions and the waters of the Australian Antarctic Territory. |
| Purpose/Comments | For the DEH Cetacean sightings and strandings database. |
List of 16 species sorted by kingdom to species. (View same list sorted by Family)
See full details on a species by clicking on the Scientific Name.
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Delphinidae | |||||||||
| Delphinidae sp. | Dolphin sp. | Dolphin sp. | Not set | ||||||
| Delphinus delphis | Common Dolphin | Linnaeus,1758 | Common Dolphin | Not set | |||||
| Grampus griseus | Risso's Dolphin | (Cuvier,1812) | Risso's Dolphin | Not set | |||||
| Lagenodelphis hosei | Fraser's Dolphin | Fraser,1956 | Fraser's Dolphin | Not set | |||||
| Lagenorhynchus cruciger | Hourglass Dolphin | (Quoy and Gaimard,1824) | Hourglass Dolphin | Not set | |||||
| Lagenorhynchus obscurus | Dusky Dolphin | Gray,1828 | Dusky Dolphin | Not set | |||||
| Lissodelphis peronii | Southern Right Whale Dolphin | (Laciphde,1804) | Southern Right Whale Dolphin | Not set | |||||
| Orcaella brevirostris | Irrawaddy Dolphin | (Gray,1866) | Irrawaddy Dolphin | Not set | |||||
| Sousa chinensis | Indo-Pacific Humpback Dolphin | (Osbeck,1765) | Indo-Pacific Humpback Dolphin | Not set | |||||
| Stenella attenuata | Spotted Dolphin | (Gray,1846) | Spotted Dolphin | Not set | |||||
| Stenella coeruleoalba | Striped Dolphin | (Meyen,1833) | Striped Dolphin | Not set | |||||
| Stenella longirostris | Long-snouted Spinner Dolphin | (Gray,1828) | Long-snouted Spinner Dolphin | Not set | |||||
| Steno bredanensis | Rough-toothed Dolphin | (Lesson,1828) | Rough-toothed Dolphin | Not set | |||||
| Tursiops sp. | Bottlenose Dolphin sp. | Bottlenose Dolphin sp. | Not set | ||||||
| Tursiops truncatus | Bottlenose Dolphin | Montagu,1821 | Bottlenose Dolphin | Not set | |||||
Phocoenidae | |||||||||
| Australophocoena dioptrica | Spectacled Dolphin | (Lahille,1912) | Spectacled Dolphin | Not set | |||||
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