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SPECIES Lagenorhynchus australis

Author:Peale, 1848.
Citation:Mammalia in Repts. U.S. Expl. Surv., 8: 33, pl. 6.
Common Name:Peale’s Dolphin
Type Locality:"South Atlantic Ocean, off the coast of Patagonia", Argentina, 1 day’s sail north of the Straits of LeMaire.
Distribution:Chile to Argentina: Valparaiso to Commodoro Rivadavia and Falkland Isls: Cold-temperate waters. One published (photograph) sighting in the tropical waters of the South Pacific, Cook Isls (Leatherwood et al., 1991).
Status:CITES – Appendix II; IUCN – Data Deficient.
Comments:Included in cruciger by Bierman and Slijper (1947) and Hershkovitz (1966a:67), but considered a distinct species by Fraser (1966), Rice (1977), Brownell (1974), and Mitchell (1975a).
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Synonyms:

    amblodon (Cope, 1866)
    chilensis (Philippi, 1896)

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