Tursiops Gervais 1855

Tursiops Gervais 1855, Hist. Nat. Mammiferes, Vol. 2: 323.

Type Species: Delphinus truncatus Montagu 1821

Synonyms: Gadamu Gray 1868; Tursio Gray 1843 .

Species and subspecies: 2 species with 3 subspecies:

Species Tursiops aduncus (Ehrenberg 1833)

Species Tursiops truncatus (Montagu 1821)

Subspecies Tursiops truncatus subsp. truncatus Montagu 1821

Subspecies Tursiops truncatus subsp. gillii Dall 1873

Subspecies Tursiops truncatus subsp. ponticus Barabash-Nikiforov 1940

Discussion: Two species are provisionally recognized in this highly polymorphic genus.