Delphinus delphis Linnaeus, 1758 . Syst. Nat., 10th ed., 1:77.

TYPE LOCALITY: E North Atlantic ("Oceano Europaeo") .

DISTRIBUTION: Worldwide: temperate and tropical waters, including the Black Sea.

STATUS: CITES - Appendix II.

SYNONYMS: bairdii, capensis, tropicalis .

COMMENTS: Includes bairdii (see van Bree and Purves, 1972) and tropicalis (see van Bree and Gallagher, 1978 and Casinos, 1984).