Genus Orcaella Gray, 1866
- Orcaella Gray, J.E. 1866. Catalogue of Seals and Whales in the British Museum. London : British Museum vii 402 pp. [285] [erected as subgenus of Orca Gray, 1846].
Type species:
Orcaella brevirostris Owen, 1866 by monotypy.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 [77] (see also for extralimital synonymy)
Excluded Taxa
- Misidentifications
Delphinidae: Orcaella brevirostris (Gray, 1866) [Australian populations now recognised as Orcaella heinsohni Beasley, Robertson & Arnold, 2005]
Distribution
States
Queensland, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Tropical Indopacific coastal-estuarine only, also ascending large rivers.
IMCRA
Timor Transition (1), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)
Original AFD Distribution Data
Australian Region
- Australia
- 200 m bathymetric: Great Barrier Reef, Gulf of Carp., Lower W coast, N coast, NE coast, NW coast
Distribution References
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 04-Feb-2023 | DELPHINIDAE | 04-Feb-2023 | MODIFIED | |
| 28-Feb-2020 | DELPHINIDAE | 21-Nov-2022 | MODIFIED | |
| 30-Jun-2016 | DELPHINIDAE | 04-Feb-2023 | MODIFIED | |
| 16-Dec-2010 | 04-Feb-2023 | MODIFIED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |