| Accepted scientific name: |
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Peponocephala electra (Gray, 1846) (accepted name) |
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| Synonyms: |
| Delphinus fusiformis Owen, 1866 (synonym) |
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| Delphinus pectoralis Peale, 1848 (synonym) |
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| Lagenorhynchus asia Gray, 1846 (synonym) |
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| Lagenorhynchus electra Gray, 1846 (synonym) |
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| Lagenorhynchus pectoralis (Peale, 1848) (synonym) |
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| Common names: |
| Common name |
Language |
Country |
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| Melon-headed Whale |
English |
- |
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| Calderón |
Spanish |
- |
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| Classification: |
| Kingdom |
Animalia
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CoL |
urn:lsid:catalogueoflife.org:taxon:e2b7e0a3-ac8e-11e3-805d-020044200006:col20150401
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| Phylum |
Chordata
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CoL |
urn:lsid:catalogueoflife.org:taxon:e2a0f2ea-ac8e-11e3-805d-020044200006:col20150401
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| Class |
Mammalia
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ITIS Global |
urn:lsid:catalogueoflife.org:taxon:e2a1ad65-ac8e-11e3-805d-020044200006:col20150401
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| Order |
Cetacea
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ITIS Global |
urn:lsid:catalogueoflife.org:taxon:e2a33a77-ac8e-11e3-805d-020044200006:col20150401
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| Family |
Delphinidae
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ITIS Global |
urn:lsid:catalogueoflife.org:taxon:e2a347f1-ac8e-11e3-805d-020044200006:col20150401
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| Genus |
Peponocephala
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ITIS Global |
urn:lsid:catalogueoflife.org:taxon:e53668b2-ac8e-11e3-805d-020044200006:col20150401
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| Distribution: |
East Pacific; Eastern Atlantic Ocean; Indo-West Pacific; Western Atlantic Ocean |
| Lifezones: |
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| Additional data: |
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| Latest taxonomic scrutiny: |
Gardner A.L, 05-Dec-2008 |
| Source database: |
ITIS Global, Dec 2014
99%
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| Bibliographic citation: |
Orrell T. (custodian) (2025). ITIS Global: The Integrated Taxonomic Information System (version Dec 2014). In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life, 2015 Annual Checklist (Roskov Y., Abucay L., Orrell T., Nicolson D., Kunze T., Flann C., Bailly N., Kirk P., Bourgoin T., DeWalt R.E., Decock W., De Wever A., eds). Digital resource at www.catalogueoflife.org/col. Species 2000: Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands. ISSN 2405-8858. |
| Online resource: |
http://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=180459
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| CoL taxon LSID: |
urn:lsid:catalogueoflife.org:taxon:23e5ddaa-c365-11e4-869f-239583ce8323:col20150401 |
