Mesoplodon Gervais 1850

Mesoplodon Gervais 1850, Ann. Sci. Nat. Zool. (Paris), ser. 3, 14: 16.

Type Species: Delphinus sowerbensis de Blainville 1817

Synonyms: Aodon Lesson 1828; Dioplodon Gervais 1850; Dolichodon Gray 1866; Micropteron Eschricht 1849; Micropterus Wagner 1846; Mikropteron Hershkovitz 1961; Oulodon von Haast 1876; Nodus Wagler 1830; Paikea Oliver 1922 .

Species and subspecies: 14 species:

Species Mesoplodon bidens (Sowerby 1804)

Species Mesoplodon bowdoini Andrews 1908

Species Mesoplodon carlhubbsi Moore 1963

Species Mesoplodon densirostris (Blainville 1817)

Species Mesoplodon europaeus Gervais 1855

Species Mesoplodon ginkgodens Nishiwaki and Kamiya 1958

Species Mesoplodon grayi Von Haast 1876

Species Mesoplodon hectori Gray 1871

Species Mesoplodon layardii Gray 1865

Species Mesoplodon mirus True 1913

Species Mesoplodon perrini Dalebout et al. 2002

Species Mesoplodon peruvianus Reyes, Mead, and Van Waerebeek 1991

Species Mesoplodon stejnegeri True 1885

Species Mesoplodon traversii Gray 1873

Discussion: Mesoplodon Gervais, 1850 and Physeter bidens Sowerby, 1804 were conserved; Nodus, Micropteron, and Mikropteron were suppressed by the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature (1985 b).