Delphinus
common dolphins
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2026-08-05: itis_id 180437 via WoRMS external link
The common dolphin is the most abundant cetacean in the world, with an estimated global population of about six million. It is currently the only member of the genus Delphinus, the type genus of the subfamily Delphininae.W CalCOFI holds 1,447 observations of it in 2 datasets between 1987 and 2022, across 3 taxa under it.R
- 1,447
- observations
- 1,447
- records
- 17
- sampling events
- 1987–2022
- years
- 2
- datasets
- 2
- species under it
Observed in 1 dataseti
One row per dataset, and beside it one cell per year, darker with more observations — the same
strip the front door draws per dataset. Each row ends with the name that dataset uses
(dataset_taxon); the accepted name is written once, in the title above. A quiet
pill marks a name the authority does not accept.
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One row per dataset, and beside it one cell per year, darker with more observations — the same strip the front door draws per dataset. Each row ends with the name that dataset uses (dataset_taxon); the accepted name is written once, in the title above. A quiet pill marks a name the authority does not accept.
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name used: Delphinus · code
urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:137015
Ways inExplorerdb-queryRPythonThis page as JSON
Code and endpoints R · Python · JSON
library(calcofi4r) con <- cc_get_db() # the promoted release tbl(con, "obs_bio") |> filter(taxon_key == "worms:137015")
import calcofi4py as cc
con = cc.cc_get_db()
con.sql("SELECT * FROM obs_bio WHERE taxon_key = 'worms:137015'").df()Read from taxa.json of release v2026.10.20, written at release by calcofi4db::build_taxa_catalog(). The catalog's index is /species/.
How big is it not on record
Not on record: no authority the fetcher reads carries a length for this taxon (a genus page could show the range of its species).
Under it 2 taxa · Delphinus delphis most observed
- sp Delphinus delphis Short-Beaked Common Dolphin1,311
- sp Delphinus capensis Long-beaked Common Dolphin102
Lineage 13 ranks · Biota to Delphinidae
Credits silhouette · photo · text
- Silhouette · T. Michael Keesey · CC BY-SA 3.0 · PhyloPic, drawn from Delphinus capensis · source
- Photo · NOAA, Scott Hill · Public domain · commons · source
- Text · Wikipedia, “Common dolphin” · CC BY-SA 4.0 · revision 1369891357
Elsewhere Wikidata · iNaturalist · GBIF
The same organism on the services the faces were fetched from; the authorities' own pages are the ids in the head.
Cite the release, v2026.10.20
Cite the release, v2026.10.20; each dataset's own citation, licence and DOI are on its page. How to cite ↗