Peponocephala electra (Gray, 1846)

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy: Rank
SPECIES: Published in
Gray J.E. (1846). Zoology of the voyage of H.M.S. Erebus and Terror. Volume 1: Mammalia and Birds.

Classification

kingdom
Animalia: phylum
Chordata: class
Mammalia: order
Cetacea: family
Delphinidae: genus
Peponocephala: species
Peponocephala electra

Name

Synonyms: Delphinus fusiformis Owen, 1866; Delphinus pectoralis Peale, 1848; Electra asia Gray, 1868; Electra electra Nakajima & Nishiwaki, 1965; Electra fusiformis Gray, 1868; Electra obtusa Gray, 1868; Lagenorhynchus asia Gray, 1846; Lagenorhynchus electra Gray, 1846; Lagenorhynchus fusiformis (Owen, 1866); Lagenorhynchus pectoralis (Peale, 1848); Phocoena pectoralis Peale, 1849
Homonyms: Peponocephala electra (Gray, 1846)
Common names: Breitschnabeldelfin in German; Breitschnabeldelphin in German; Calderón in Spanish; Calderón in Spanish; Delfin de cabeza de melon in language.; Delfín de cabeza de melón in Spanish; Electra Dolphin in English; Little Killer Whale in English; Many-toothed Blackfish in English; Melon-headed Whale in English; Melon-headed Whale in English; Melon-headed Whale in English; Melon-headed Whale in English; Melon-headed Whale in English; Melon-headed Whale, tuyiin in English; Melon-headed whale in language.; Péponocéphale in French; Péponocéphale, Dauphin d'Electre in French; electra dolphin in English; electra dolphin in English; melon-headed whale in English; Melon-headed Whale in English; Melon-headed Whale in English; Melon-headed Whale in English; Witlipdolfijn in Dutch; Breitschnabeldelfin in German; Dauphin d'Electre in French; Delfín Cabeza de Melón in Spanish; Electra in Spanish; Electra Dolphin in English; Electra dolphin in English; Hawaiian blackfish in English; Indian broad-beaked dolphin in English; Morfil Pen Pwmpen in Welsh; Morfilod Pen Pwmpen in Welsh; Péponocéphale in French; balena dalla testa di melone in Italian; ballena melon in Spanish; blackfish in English; bolkopdolfyn in Afrikaans; calderon pequeno in Spanish; delfín cabeza de melón in Spanish; elektra balinası in Turkish; golfinho cabeça de melão in Portuguese; goyang-i-gorae in Korean; kazuha gondo kujira in Japanese; many-toothed blackfish in English; melon-headed dolphin in English; melon-headed whale in English; melonogłów elektra in Polish

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