Lagenorhynchus albirostris
J. E. Gray, 1846
White-beaked Dolphin
Distribution :
North Atlantic: cold-temperate waters; L. albirostris tends to be distributed to the north of L. acutus.
Image courtesy of the ASM Mammal Images Library · MIL ID: 3566
Taxonomy
| Subclass | : Theria |
| Infraclass | : Placentalia |
| Magnorder | : Boreoeutheria |
| Superorder | : Laurasiatheria |
| Order | : Artiodactyla |
| Suborder | : Cetacea |
| Infraorder | : Odontoceti |
| Superfamily | : Delphinoidea |
| Family | : Delphinidae |
| Subfamily | : incertae sedis |
| Genus | : Lagenorhynchus |
Species status
Authority citation
Gray, J.E. 1846-02-01. On the British Cetacea. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (1)17(110):82-85.
Authority publication link
Original name as described
Lagenorhynchus albirostris
Other common names
White-beaked Porpoise · White-nosed Dolphin
Type material
BMNH:Mamm:1848.7.12.12 (= BMNH:Mamm:916a)
Type kind
holotype
Type specimen URI
Type locality
type locality unknown. Later designated by J. E. Gray in 1846 as "North Sea, coast of Norfolk, " England, UK, and further modified by Gray in 1850 to "Great Yarmouth."
Biogeographic realm
Marine
Country distribution
Belgium · Canada · Denmark · France · Germany · Greenland · Iceland · Ireland · Netherlands · Norway · Russia · Sweden · United Kingdom · United States · Portugal · Spain · Estonia · Finland · Latvia · Lithuania · Poland
Subregion distribution
USA(MA, NH, ME, NC?)
Taxonomy notes
Taxonomy notes citation
Vollmer, N.L., Ashe, E., Brownell, R.L., Jr., Cipriano, F., Mead, J.G., Reeves, R.R., Soldevilla, M.S. and Williams, R. 2019. Taxonomic revision of the dolphin genus Lagenorhynchus. Marine Mammal Science 35(3):957-1057. doi:10.1111/mms.12573 · Galatius, A., Kinze, C.C., Olsen, M.T., Tougaard, J., Gotzek, D. and McGowen, M.R. 2025. Phylogenomic, morphological and acoustic data support a revised taxonomy of the lissodelphinine dolphin subfamily. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 205:108299. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2025.108299
IUCN Red List status
Least Concern
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Names and synonyms
Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details.
Total: 5 names and synonyms.
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