Cephalorhynchus hectori

(P. J. Van Beneden, 1881)

Hector's Dolphin

Taxonomy

Subclass: Theria
Infraclass: Placentalia
Magnorder: Boreoeutheria
Superorder: Laurasiatheria
Order: Artiodactyla
Suborder: Cetacea
Infraorder: Odontoceti
Superfamily: Delphinoidea
Family: Delphinidae
Subfamily: Lissodelphininae
Genus: Cephalorhynchus

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Van Beneden, P.J. 1881. Notice sur un nouveau dauphin de la Nouvelle-Zélande. Bulletin de l'Académie royale des sciences, des lettres et des beaux-arts de Belgique (3)1:877-887.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36085089

Original name as described

Electra hectori

Other common names

Little Pied Dolphin · New Zealand Dolphin · White-headed Dolphin · South Island Hector's Dolphin · Maui's Dolphin · North Island Hector's Dolphin

Type material

KUL (number not known)

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"capturé sur la côte nord-est de la Nouvelle-Zélande [= north coast, New Zealand]."

Biogeographic realm

Marine

Country distribution

New Zealand

IUCN Red List status

Endangered

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006410

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details.

Total: 9 names and synonyms.

Lagenorhynchus clanculus:

Hector, 1872

Family

Delphinidae

Root name

clanculus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

misidentification

Authority page

436

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16086309

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Electra clancula:

Hector, 1873

Family

Delphinidae

Root name

clancula

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

misidentification

Authority page

160

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33597937

Authority publication

Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute

Electra hectori

P. J. Van Beneden, 1881

Family

Delphinidae

Root name

hectori

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

KUL (number not known)

Type kind

holotype

Original type locality

la côte nord-est de la Nouvelle-Zélande

Type locality

New Zealand.

Authority page

882

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36085089

Authority publication

Bulletin de l'Académie royale des sciences, des lettres et des beaux-arts de Belgique

Name usages

Van Beneden (1881:882, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36085089) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68971)

Cephalorhynchus albifrons

F. W. True, 1889

Family

Delphinidae

Root name

albifrons

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Original type locality

New Zealand

Type locality

New Zealand.

Authority page

111

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7361831

Authority publication

Bulletin of the United States National Museum

Name usages

Mead & Brownell (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9684)

Cephalorhynchus hectori albifrons:

Trouessart, 1905

Family

Delphinidae

Root name

albifrons

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

768

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53423649

Authority publication

Berlin

Name usages

Trouessart (1905:768, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53423649) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59290)

Cephalorhynchus hectori:

Trouessart, 1905

Family

Delphinidae

Root name

hectori

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

768

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53423649

Authority publication

Berlin

Name usages

Trouessart (1905:768, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53423649) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59290)
Oliver (1922:580, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32281850) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/14225)
Hershkovitz (1966:75, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7869917) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/11469)
Corbet & Hill (1980:110) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:291) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
Corbet & Hill (1991:119) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
Mead & Brownell (1993:352) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69010)
LeDuc, Perrin & Dizon (1999:639) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/987)
Mead & Brownell (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9684)
Mittermeier & Wilson (2014:525) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67175)
Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #4162) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #4162) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006410) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/4162/44199757) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Cephalorhynchus hectori bicolor

Oliver, 1946

Family

Delphinidae

Root name

bicolor

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

lost (number not known)

Type kind

syntypes

Type locality

New Zealand.

Authority page

4

Authority publication

Dominion Museum Records

Cephalorhynchus hectori maui

A. N. Baker, A. N. H. Smith, & F. B. Pichler, 2002

Family

Delphinidae

Root name

maui

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

NMNZ 2607

Type kind

holotype

Original type locality

Karioitahi Beach, Waiuku, North Island, New Zealand (37°15.610'S, 174°38.482'E)

Type locality

New Zealand: 37°15′37″S, 174°38′29″E.

Authority page

725

Authority publication

Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand

Name usages

Mead & Brownell (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9684)
Mittermeier & Wilson (2014:525) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67175)

Cephalorhynchus hectori hectori:

Mead & Brownell, 2005

Family

Delphinidae

Root name

hectori

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

Mead & Brownell (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9684)
Mittermeier & Wilson (2014:525) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67175)

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