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
4522
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1
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journal article
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10.11646/zootaxa.4522.1.1
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Peponocephala electra
(
Gray, 1846
)
—Melon-headed Whale, electra dolphin
Lagenorhynchus electra
Gray, 1846 p.35
;
Type
locality is unknown.
Peponocephala electra
:
Kim
et al
., 2000 p.89
;
Kim, 2004 p.240
.
FIGURE 97.
Range map of
Peponocephala electra
in Korea.
Range:
A stranded
P. electra
on the beach at Pohang,
Gyeongsangbuk Province
(East Coast) in 2009 represented the first and only record of
P. electra
in
Korea
(
Kim
et al
. 2010
;
Fig. 97
).
Remarks:
Originally described as
Lagenorhynchus electra
, the melon-headed whale was recently placed in the monospecific Genus
Peponocephala
. This taxon has no current taxonomic confusion or recognized subspecies (
Jefferson & Barros 1997
).