Delphinus delphis Linnaeus, 1758

Jo, Yeong-Seok, Baccus, John T. & Koprowski, John L., 2018, Mammals of Korea: a review of their taxonomy, distribution and conservation status, Zootaxa 4522 (1), pp. 1-216 : 154

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.

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FIGURE 104. Range map of Delphinus delphis in Korea.