The taxonomic status of the nominal dolphin species Delphinus tropicalis Van Bree, 1971

Marine Mammal Science

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 787-818

  Jefferson, Thomas A ^a,b   Van Waerebeek, Koen ^c  

^a Ocean Park Conservation Foundation   (Hong Kong)

^b SOUTHWEST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^c Peruvian Centre for Cetacean Research   (Peru)

Author keywords

Delphinus capensis; Delphinus tropicalis; Geographic variation; Indian Ocean; Indo Pacific region; Long beaked common dolphin; Skull morphology; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

DOLPHIN; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; MORPHOLOGY; TAXONOMY;

(SOUTHEAST); ASIA; INDIAN OCEAN;

CORYPHAENIDAE; DELPHINUS CAPENSIS; DELPHINUS DELPHIS; DELPHINUS TROPICALIS; MAMMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0036775316     PISSN: 08240469     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-7692.2002.tb01074.x     Document Type: Article

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