Genus Tursiops Gervais, 1855

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Genus Tursiops Gervais, 1855

Tursiops Gervais, F.L.P. 1855. Histoire Naturelle des Mammifères, avec l'indication de leurs moeurs, et de leur rapports avec les arts, le commerce et l'agriculture. Tom. 2. Carnivores, Proboscidiens, Jumentés, Bisulques, Édentés, Marsupiaux, Monotrèmes, Phoques, Sirénides, et Cétacées. Paris : L. Curmer. [323].
Type species:
Tursiops tursio Gervais, 1855 by original designation (=Tursiops truncatus Montagu; =Delphinus nesarnack Lacépède, see (Hershkovitz, P., 1966)).

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

Hershkovitz, P. 1966. Catalog of living whales. Bulletin of the United States National Museum 246: viii 1-259 [47]

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Circumglobal in tropical and temperate waters.

Note that conversion of the original AFD map of states, drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones to IBRA and IMCRA regions may have produced errors. The new maps will be reviewed and corrected as updates occur. The maps may not indicate the entire distribution. See further details below.

IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones (map not available)

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Tasmania Province (10), Southeast Transition (11), Central Eastern Province (12), Tasman Basin Province (13), Central Eastern Transition (15), Kenn Transition (16), Kenn Province (17), Northeast Province (18), Northeast Transition (19), Timor Province (2), Cape Province (20), Northern Shelf Province (25), 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), 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)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Australia
- 200 m bathymetric: Bass Strait, Central E coast, Central W coast, G. Aust. Bight, Lower E coast, Lower W coast, N coast, NE coast, S Gulfs coast, Tas. Coast
- 200 mile fishing zone
- Western Australia: SW coast

Distribution References

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

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.

Published	Action Date	Action Type
11-Jun-2024	11-Jun-2024	MOVED
11-Jun-2024	11-Jun-2024	MOVED
16-Dec-2010	19-Mar-2013	MODIFIED
	12-Feb-2010	(import)

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