Lagenorhynchus cruciger (Quoy and Gaimard 1824)

[Delphinus] cruciger Quoy and Gaimard 1824, Voy. autour du Monde ... l'Uranie et la Physicienne, Zool.: 87.

Type Locality: Pacific Ocean, "entre la Nouvelle-Hollande et le cap Horn [= between Australia and Cape Horn]...par 49 [S] de latitude".

Vernacular Names: Hourglass Dolphin.

Synonyms: Lagenorhynchus albigena (Quoy and Gaimard 1824); Lagenorhynchus bivitattus (Lesson and Garnot 1826); Lagenorhynchus clanculus Gray 1846; Lagenorhynchus wilsoni Lillie 1915 .

Distribution: Southern hemisphere: antarctic and cold-temperate waters.

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

Discussion: Formerly included australis and obscurus, see Hershkovitz (1966 a) and comments under australis and obscurus .