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CAVS: 1609

Species Grampus griseus (Cuvier, 1812)

Risso's Dolphin

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

 

Generic Combinations

  • Grampus griseus (Cuvier, 1812).

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Western Australia


Extra Distribution Information

Circumglobal in tropical and warm temperate waters.


IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Tasmania Province (10), Southeast Transition (11), Central Eastern Province (12), Tasman Basin Province (13), Lord Howe Province (14), Central Eastern Transition (15), Kenn Transition (16), Kenn Province (17), Northeast Province (18), Northeast Transition (19), Timor Province (2), Cape Province (20), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Northwest Transition (3), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Great Australian Bight Shelf Transition (32), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Tasmanian Shelf Province (36), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northwest Province (4), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41), 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 mainly cephalopods.

 

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.
Published As part of group Action Date Action Type Compiler(s)
11-Jun-2024 11-Jun-2024 MOVED
11-Jun-2024 11-Jun-2024 MOVED
16-Dec-2010 16-Oct-2013 MODIFIED
12-Feb-2010 (import)