Cephalorhynchus hectori van Beneden 1881

Cephalorhynchus hectori van Beneden 1881, Bull. R. Acad. Belg., ser. 3, 4: 877.

Type Locality: "capturé sur la côte nord-est de la Nouvelle-Zélande." (= New Zealand, north coast).

Vernacular Names: Hector's Dolphin.

Subspecies::

Subspecies Cephalorhynchus hectori subsp. hectori van Beneden 1881

Subspecies Cephalorhynchus hectori subsp. maui Baker, Smith and Pichler 2002

Distribution: New Zealand: coastal waters. Harrison's (1960) reference to the occurrence of this species around Sarawak is undocumented by specimens or photos.

Conservation: CITES – Appendix II; IUCN – Endangered, except for North Island subpopulation, which is Critically Endangered.

Discussion: Baker, Smith and Pichler (2002) recognized that C. h. maui form a morphologically and genetically recognizable subspecies on the North Isl of New Zealand, while the nominal subspecies was restricted to the South Isl.