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SPECIES Lagenorhynchus acutus

Author:Gray, 1828.
Citation:Spicil. Zool., 1: 2.
Common Name:Atlantic White-sided Dolphin
Type Locality:None given, listed as North Sea, Faeroe Isls (Denmark) (uncertain) by Gray (1846:36).
Distribution:North Atlantic: cold temperate waters; L. acutus tends to be distributed to the south of L. albirostris.
Status:CITES – Appendix II; IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).
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Synonyms:

    gubernator Cope, 1876
    leucopleurus (Rasch, 1843)
    perspicillatus Cope, 1876
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