Species Lissodelphis peronii (Lacépède, 1804)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Delphinus peronii Lacépède, B.G.É. 1804. Histoire naturelle des cétacées. In Buffon, G.L.L. de Histoire Naturelle, Générale et Particulière. Nouv. édn. Paris : C.S. Sonnini xxxiii 329 pp. [316].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, MNHP (a skull in MNHP may be the holotype), S of TAS [about 44°S 141°E].

  Secondary source:

   Hershkovitz, P. 1966. Catalog of living whales. Bulletin of the United States National Museum 246: viii 1-259.
• Delphinus leucoramphus Lacépède, B.G.É. 1804. Histoire naturelle des cétacées. In Buffon, G.L.L. de Histoire Naturelle, Générale et Particulière. Nouv. édn. Paris : C.S. Sonnini xxxiii 329 pp. [316 footnote] [nom. nud.; Péron's manuscript name for Delphinus peronii Lacépède, 1804, see Hershkovitz, P. 1966. Catalog of living whales. Bull. U.S. Natl. Mus. 246: viii 1–259 [58]].

  Type data:

   Status unknown.

  Secondary source:

   Hershkovitz, P. 1966. Catalog of living whales. Bulletin of the United States National Museum 246: viii 1-259.
• Delphinapterus peronii Lesson, R.P. 1826. Description des mammifères. Ch. 3. in Lesson, R.P. & Garnot, P. Zoologie Pt 1 in Duperrey, M.L.I. Voyage Autour du Monde Exécuté par Ordre du Roi sur la Corvette de sa Majesté la Coquille Pendant les Années 1822, 1823, 1824 & 1825. Paris : Arthus Bertrand. [179].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, whereabouts unknown (a skull in MNHP may be the holotype), S of TAS [about 44°S 141°E].

  Secondary source:

   Hershkovitz, P. 1966. Catalog of living whales. Bulletin of the United States National Museum 246: viii 1-259.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Hershkovitz, P. 1966. Catalog of living whales. Bulletin of the United States National Museum 246: viii 1-259 [56] (see also for synonyms based on non-Australian material)

 

Generic Combinations

• Lissodelphis peronii (Lacépède, 1804).

 

Distribution

States

South Australia, Tasmania, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Vagrant; southern circumpolar.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Tasmania Province (10), Southeast Transition (11), Central Eastern Province (12), Tasman Basin Province (13), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Tasmanian Shelf Province (36), Central Western Transition (5), Central Western Province (6), Southwest Transition (7), Southern Province (8), West Tasmania Transition (9)

Ecological Descriptors

Gregarious, oceanic, pelagic, piscivore, predator.

Extra Ecological Information

Diet also includes cephalopods.

 

General References

Bannister, J.L., Kemper, C.M. & Warneke, R.M. 1996. The Action Plan for Australian Cetaceans. Canberra : Australian Nature Conservation Agency 242 pp.

Clarke, R.H. 2000. First record of the southern right whale dolphin, Lissodelphis peronii (Lacépède, 1804) (Odontocete: Delphinidae), from waters off South Australia. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 124: 177-178

Cruickshank, R.A. & Brown, S.G. 1981. Recent observations and some historical records of southern right-whale dolphins (Lissodelphis peronii). Fisheries Bulletin of South Africa 15: 109-121

Davies, J.L. 1963. The antitropical factor in cetacean speciation. Evolution 17: 107-116

Gaskin, D.E. 1972. Whales, Dolphins and Seals, with Special Reference to the New Zealand Region. London : Heinemann 200 pp.

Guiler, E.R. 1978. Whale strandings in Tasmania since 1945 with notes on some seal reports. Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 112: 189-213

Jefferson, T.A., Newcomer, M.W., Leatherwood, S. & Van Waerebeek, K. 1994. Right whale dolphins Lissodelphis borealis) Peale, 1848) and Lissodelphis peroni (Lacépède, 1804). pp. 335-362 in Ridgway, S.H. & Harrison, R.J. (eds). Handbook of Marine Mammals. Volume 5. The first book of dolphins. London : Academic Press.

Leatherwood, S. & Reeves, R.R. 1983. The Sierra Club Handbook of Whales and Dolphins. San Francisco : Sierra Club Books xviii 302 pp.

Watson, L. 1981. Sea Guide to Whales of the World. London : Hutchinson 302 pp.

 

Common Name References

ABRS 2001. Census of Australian Vertebrates. Australian Biological Resources Study. (Southern Right Whale Dolphin)

 

History of changes

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		12-Feb-2010	(import)