Lagenorhynchus acutus (Gray 1828)

[Delphinus] acutus Gray 1828, Spicil. Zool., 1: 2.

Type Locality: None given, listed as North Sea, Faeroe Isls (Denmark) (uncertain) by Gray (1846:36).

Vernacular Names: Atlantic White-sided Dolphin.

Synonyms: Lagenorhynchus gubernator Cope 1876; Lagenorhynchus leucopleurus (Rasch 1843); Lagenorhynchus perspicillatus Cope 1876 .

Distribution: North Atlantic: cold temperate waters; L. acutus tends to be distributed to the south of L. albirostris .

Conservation: CITES – Appendix II; IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).