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--> ORDER CETACEA
--> SUBORDER ODONTOCETI
--> FAMILY Delphinidae
--> GENUS Peponocephala
SPECIES Peponocephala electra
| Author: | Gray, 1846. | | Citation: | Zool. Voy. H.M.S. "Erebus" and "Terror", 1: 35. | | Common Name: | Melon-headed Whale | | Type Locality: | None given, unknown. | | Distribution: | Worldwide: tropical to warm-temperate waters. | | Status: | CITES – Appendix II; IUCN – Lower Risk (lc). | | Comments: | Historically this species was included in the genus Lagenorhynchus. |
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| Offspring: | Synonyms:
asia (Gray, 1846)
fusiformis (Owen, 1866)
pectoralis (Peale, 1848)
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