Delphinus delphis
Short-Beaked Common Dolphin
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2026-08-05: itis_id 180438 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 1,311 observations of it in 2 datasets between 1987 and 2022.R
- 1,311
- observations
- 1,311
- records
- 1,279
- sampling events
- 1987–2022
- years
- 2
- datasets
- 2.4 m
- max length
Observed in 2 datasetsi
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 sp. Common Dolphin · code
CODOsynonymname used: Delphinus delphis Short-Beaked Common Dolphin · codeSBCD -
name used: Delphinus delphis · code
urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:137094
Ways inExplorerdb-queryERDDAPRPythonThis page as JSON
Code and endpoints ERDDAP · R · Python · JSON
library(calcofi4r) con <- cc_get_db() # the promoted release tbl(con, "obs_bio") |> filter(taxon_key == "worms:137094")
import calcofi4py as cc
con = cc.cc_get_db()
con.sql("SELECT * FROM obs_bio WHERE taxon_key = 'worms:137094'").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 2.4 m max
Every mark is a measured length with its own source — hover one to read it. The reference objects are _data/size_reference.csv: two of them, the 505 µm bongo mesh and the net's ring, are CalCOFI's own sampling gear.
Lineage 14 ranks · Biota to Delphinus
Credits silhouette · photo · text · length
- Silhouette · T. Michael Keesey · CC BY-SA 3.0 · PhyloPic, drawn from Delphinus capensis · source
- Photo · bogsuckers · CC BY 4.0 · commons · source
- Text · Wikipedia, “Common dolphin” · CC BY-SA 4.0 · revision 1369891357
- Length · worms_attribute
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 ↗