Mammals of Korea: a review of their taxonomy, distribution and conservation status
Author
Jo, Yeong-Seok
Author
Baccus, John T.
Author
Koprowski, John L.
text
Zootaxa
2018
2018-11-19
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journal article
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Delphinus delphis
Linnaeus, 1758
—Short-beaked Common Dolphin, saddleback dolphin
Delphinus delphis
Linnaeus, 1758 p.77
;
Type
locality- eastern North Atlantic (European Seas);
Kuroda, 1938 p.15
;
Won, 1968 p.221
;
Kim
et al
., 2000 p.94
;
Kim, 2004 p.243
.
D. pomeegrea
Owen, 1866
[1869] p.23;
Type
locality-
India
.
Range:
A school of 100 short-beaked whales was observed once in
2007 in
the East Sea (
Cetacean Research Institute 2007
), but compared to
D. capensis
, the short-beaked common dolphin is rare in Korean waters (
Fig. 104
).
Remarks:
A discontinuity exists in the distribution of the central and northern stocks of the eastern Pacific short-beaked common dolphins (
Perrin
et al
., 1985
) as well as documented differences in average adult size, reproductive seasonality and genetics (
Chivers
et al
. 2003
). Records of
D. delphis
before the 1990s mostly refer to
D. capensis
in the North Pacific Ocean (
Amano 2009a
,
b
). The Subspecies,
D
.
d
.
delphis
Linnaeus, 1758
inhabits the waters of
Korea
.