Tursiops truncatus (Montagu, 1821)

James H. Honacki, Kenneth E. Kinman & James W. Koeppl, 1982, Order Cetacea, Mammal Species of the World (1 st Edition), Lawrence, Kansas, USA: Alien Press, Inc. & The Association of Systematics Collections, pp. 290-304 : 297

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scientific name	Tursiops truncatus (Montagu, 1821)
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Tursiops truncatus (Montagu, 1821) View in CoL . Mem. Wernerian Nat. Hist. Soc., 3:75.

TYPE LOCALITY: U.K., England, Devonshire, Stoke Gabriel (about 5 mi. (8 km) up the River Dart), Duncannon Pool .

DISTRIBUTION: Tropical and temperate waters of the world, including the Black Sea.

COMMENT: Includes aduncus, gephyreus, gillii, and nuuanu; see IWC, 1975, J. Fish Res. Bd. Can., 32:968. Ross, 1977, Ann. Cape Prov. Mus. Nat. Hist., 11(9): 135— 194, stated that aduncus (in the tropical Indo-Pacific) may be a distinct species. Hall, 1981:885-887, considered nesarnack (synonym of truncatus ) and gillii distinct species.

PROTECTED STATUS: CITES - Appendix II as Order Cetacea .

ISIS NUMBER: 5301411002014002001 as T. truncatus .

5301411002014001001 as T. gilli (sic).