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Lagenorhynchus australis

Peale's Dolphin

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General Information

COMMON NAMES: Peale's Dolphin, Blackchin Dolphin, Peale's Black-chinned Dolphin, Southern Dolphin, Peale's Porpoise

GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION: NATIVE central-south Chile

COOK ISLANDS STATUS: Native, Rare Vagrant, Non-breeder; Marine, pelagic, off-shore

SIMILAR SPECIES: Dusky Dolphin (Lagenorhynchus obscurus) occurs off Peru and in New Zealand. It lacks the dark chin (back to level of eye), the brilliant white patch in armpit of pectoral fins, and the lateral grey streak extending onto the top of head.

Enlarged Image of 'Lagenorhynchus australis'

Cook Islands Distribution

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Southern Group: Present Makatea:
RR	MG	AT	MK	MT	AK	PL	TK	MN
		-	-	-	-	+	-	-

Northern Group: -
TN	MH	RK	PK	NS	SW
-	-	-	-	-	-

Key to Symbols

blank	no data
-	absent	L	localised
X	extinct 'naturally'	W	widespread
XQi	quarantine intercepted	R	recent
XQe	eradicated	?	query preceding category
P	present	T?	taxonomic query
S	seasonal	nn	present, said to have no name
O	occasional	?1	present, name not investigated
++++	very common	?2	presence not verified, no name recorded
+++	common	N/A	absent, name not expected
++	uncommon
+	rare
Cook Islands islands: RR =Rarotonga, MG = Mangaia, AT =‘Ātiu, MK=Ma‘uke, MT=Miti‘āro, AK=Aitutaki, PL=Palmerston, PN=Penrhyn, MN=Manuae, TK=Takūtea, TN=Tongareva (TS=Tongaleva Spoken, TW=Tongareva Written, they say "el" but write "r"), MH=Manihiki, RK=Rakahanga, PK=Pukapuka, NS=Nassau, SW=Suwarrow. After a Polynesian name: ^=orthography query. Countries and other: FIJ=Fiji, WT=Wallis & Futuna, SAM=Samoa, TON=Tonga, NIU=Niue, CK=Cook Islands, CKM=Cook Islands Māori, FP=French Polynesia, AUS=Australs, SOC=Societies, TAH=Tahiti, TUA=Tuamotus, MQS=Marquesas, MNG=Mangareva, PIT=Pitcain group, EAS=Easter Island, HAW=Hawai‘i, NZ=New Zealand, NZM=New Zealand Māori

Scientific Taxonomy

Lagenorhynchus australis (Peale, 1848)
TAXONOMY: ANIMALIA; CHORDATA; GNATHOSTOMATA (Jawed Vertebrates); TETRAPODA; MAMMALIA; THERIA; EUTHERIA; Cetacea; Odontoceti; DELPHINIDAE

Vouchers & References

Vouchers:
Palmerston: fieldsight+photos, 3/1988, ID by 6 specialists with 2 opposed, see reference Leatherwood, Grove, and Zuckerman (1991).

References:
Special Reference: Leatherwood, S., Grove J., and Zuckerman A. (1991) Dolphins of the genus Lagenorhynchus in the tropical South Pacific. Marine Mammal Science 7(2):194-197.

Data Update History (information):
zB02

Web Resources

Citation Information

McCormack, Gerald (2007) Cook Islands Biodiversity Database, Version 2007.2. Cook Islands Natural Heritage Trust, Rarotonga. Online at http://cookislands.bishopmuseum.org.
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