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Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota (CAAB) Taxon Report

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CAAB Code:	41 116020 show as JSON
Scientific Name and Authority:	Tursiops aduncus   (Ehrenberg, 1833)
Rank:	Species

CAAB category: 41 - Mammalia Mammals Family: 41 116 Delphinidae (dolphins) - show full list Common Name: Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphin Common Names List: Indo-Pacific Bottlenose Dolphin Organism Type: a dolphin Synonyms: Tursiops truncatus Taxon lists: Current Australian list: Commercial species list: Standard Fish Names List: Parent Codes: 41 116915     Tursiops spp.

Taxon Notes:

Recently confirmed to be a separate species on the basis of molecular evidence (Curry, 1997). Prior to that, included within morphological range of T. truncatus. It is presumed that true T. truncatus also occurs in offshore Australian waters. According to Wells and Scott (2002), T. aduncus tends to be smaller than T. truncatus, has a proportionately longer rostrum and develops ventral spotting when sexually mature.

Identifiers:

AFD urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:aab6d06c-0f49-4567-913b-c29ac529bd3f Name status: accepted    Checked on: 2019-11-21 View at Atlas of Living Australia WoRMS urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:254983 Name status: accepted    Checked on: 2022-06-23 View at WoRMS    - also at Ocean Biodiversity Information System (OBIS) (report and map of occurrences)

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Record source:	Möller, L. M., Beheregaray, L. B., 2001. Coastal bottlenose dolphins from south-eastern Australia are Tursiops aduncus according to sequences of the mitochondrial DNA control region, Marine Mammal Science, Vol. 17: 249-263.
Scientific Name verified against:	Anonymous, 2002. Marine Mammal Species. In: Perrin, W.F. Würsig, B. Thewissen, J. G. M., Encycopedia of Marine Mammals: 1335-1337. Academic Press, San Diego