Lagenorhynchus obliquidens Gill 1865

Lagenorhynchus obliquidens Gill 1865, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 17: 177.

Type Locality: USA, "obtained at San Francisco, California ".

Vernacular Names: Pacific White-sided Dolphin.

Synonyms: Lagenorhynchus longidens (Cope 1866); Lagenorhynchus ognevi Slensov 1955 .

Distribution: North Pacific: cold-temperate waters except warm-temperate waters of the ends of its range. Undocumented sighting from Hong Kong (Hammond and Leatherwood, 1984:495).

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

Discussion: May be a northern hemisphere form of L. obscurus . Lagenorhynchus thicolea is not synonymous with L. obliquidens (see Lissodelphis).