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Cephalorhynchus hectori

Cephalorhynchus hectori

Hector's dolphin(+3)·(P.J.Van Beneden, 1881)

GBIF:155303679

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PROFILE

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Habitat

Marine

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REGIONS

Geographic Distribution(2)

New Zealand
New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone(NZ)

DATA

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Common names used for this species across different languages and regions. Available in 3 languages.

engHector's dolphinengfradauphin de Hectorfraspadelfín de Hectorspaengwhite-headed dolphineng

Vernacular (common) names are the everyday names used for a species in different languages and regions. A single species may have dozens of common names worldwide. This taxon has names in 3 languages.

engHector's dolphin
eng
Source: Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
fradauphin de Hector
fra
spadelfín de Hector
spa
engwhite-headed dolphin
eng

IDENTIFIERS

External Identifiers(1)

To GenBank (61 nucleotides; 39 proteins)

NCBI:txid37035

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CITATIONS

References(8)

  • 1

    Hershkovitz, P. (1966). Catalog of Living Whales. <em>Bulletin of the United States National Museum.</em> (246): 1-259.

  • 2

    IUCN Red List of Threatened Species

    additional source
  • 3

    Jefferson, T. A., M. A. Webber and R. L. Pitman. (2008). Marine mammals of the world. Academic Press, Amsterdam.

    additional source
  • 4

    Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1).

  • 5

    Mead, J. G.; Brownell, R. L. Jr. (2005). Cetacea. <em>In Wilson, D.E. & D.M. Reeder (eds). Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed), Johns Hopkins University Press, 2,142 pp.</em> 723--743.

    basis of record
  • Source Information

    World Register of Marine Species

    World Register of Marine Species

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    An authoritative classification and catalogue of marine names. To obtain a full copy, please go to https://www.marinespecies.org/usersrequest.php

    WoRMS Editorial Board (2026). World Register of Marine Species. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.14284/170 accessed via GBIF.org on 2026-06-15.

    CC BYPublished 6/1/2026View dataset
    GBIF Usage Key
    155303679
    Dataset Key
    2d59e5db-57ad-41ff-97d6-11f5fb264527
    Origin
    source
    Backbone Key
    5220033
    Taxon ID
    urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:254979
    Last Crawled
    6/4/2026
    Last Interpreted
    6/4/2026