Lagenorhynchus australis Peale 1848

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Cetacea, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 723-743 : 729

Lagenorhynchus australis Peale 1848

Lagenorhynchus australis Peale 1848 , Mammalia, in: Repts. U. S. Expl. Surv., Vol. 8: 33.

Type Locality: "South Atlantic Ocean, off the coast of Patagonia", Argentina, 1 day’s sail north of the Straits of LeMaire.

Vernacular Names: Peale's Dolphin.

Synonyms: Lagenorhynchus amblodon (Cope 1866) ; Lagenorhynchus chilensis (Philippi 1896) .

Distribution: Chile to Argentina: Valparaiso to Commodoro Rivadavia and Falkland Isls: Cold-temperate waters. One published (photograph) sighting in the tropical waters of the South Pacific, Cook Isls ( Leatherwood et al., 1991).

Conservation: CITES – Appendix II; IUCN – Data Deficient.

Discussion: Included in cruciger by Bierman and Slijper (1947) and Hershkovitz (1966 a:67), but considered a distinct species by Fraser (1966), Rice (1977), Brownell (1974), and Mitchell (1975 a).