Species Grampus griseus (Cuvier, 1812)

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CAVS: 1609

Species Grampus griseus (Cuvier, 1812)

Risso's Dolphin

Delphinus griseus Cuvier, L.C.F.D. 1812. Rapport sur divers cétacés pris sur les côtes de France. Annales du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle. Paris 19: 1-16 [13].
Type data:
Holotype MNHP stuffed skin & skull, Brest, France.
Secondary source:
Hershkovitz, P. 1966. Catalog of living whales. Bulletin of the United States National Museum 246: viii 1-259.
Grampidelphis exilis Iredale, T. & Troughton, E. le G. 1933. The correct generic name for the Grampus or Killer Whale, and the so-called Grampus or Risso's Dolphin. Records of the Australian Museum 19: 28-36 [32].
Type data:
Holotype AM S1776 ♀ whole bodycast and skeleton, Ocean Beach, Manly, NSW.
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 [87] (see also for synonyms based on non-Australian material)

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)