Delphinidae Gray, 1821

kingdom Animalia > phylum Chordata > subphylum Vertebrata > infraphylum Gnathostomata > class Mammalia > subclass Theria > order Cetartiodactyla > suborder Cetancodonta > infraorder Cetacea > superfamily Odontoceti > family Delphinidae

RankFamily
Statusaccepted
Aphia IDurn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:136980
NCBI ID9726
Common names delfiner, delfinfamilien, delfinfamilien, dolfijnen, ocean dolphins, マイルカ
Environments marine, brackish, freshwater, terrestrial

Child taxa

Subfamily Globicephalinae
Genus Globicephalus unaccepted
Genus Sagmatias unaccepted
Genus Clymenia unaccepted
Genus Prodelphinus unaccepted
Genus Orca unaccepted
Subfamily Stenoninae
Subfamily Stenonina unaccepted
Subfamily Sotaliinae unaccepted
Subfamily Pseudorcaina unaccepted
Subfamily Orcininae unaccepted
Subfamily Orcini unaccepted
Subfamily Orcinae unaccepted
Subfamily Orcadina unaccepted
Subfamily Lissodelphininae
Subfamily Lissodelphinae unaccepted
Subfamily Lagenorhynchina unaccepted
Subfamily Globicipites unaccepted
Subfamily Delphininae
Subfamily Delphinapterinae unaccepted
Subfamily Cephalorhynchinae unaccepted
Subfamily Beluginae unaccepted
Genus Cetus unaccepted
Genus Delphinapterus unaccepted
Genus Eudelphinus unaccepted
Genus Eutropia unaccepted
Genus Feresia unaccepted
Genus Fretidelphis unaccepted
Genus Gladiator unaccepted
Genus Globiceps unaccepted
Genus Globiocephala unaccepted
Genus Globiocephalus unaccepted
Genus Glyphidelphis unaccepted
Genus Grampus unaccepted
Genus Grayius unaccepted
Genus Gudamu unaccepted
Genus Leicopleurus unaccepted
Genus Leucopleurus unaccepted
Genus Leucorhamphus unaccepted
Genus Micropia unaccepted
Genus Neoorca unaccepted
Genus Ophysia unaccepted
Genus Orcella unaccepted
Genus Rhinodelphis unaccepted
Genus Sphaerocephalus unaccepted
Genus Stenopontistes unaccepted
Genus Tucuxa unaccepted
Genus Tursio unaccepted
Genus Furcio unassessed
Genus Gramphidelphis unassessed
Subfamily Monodontinae unaccepted
Genus Lagenorrhynchus
Genus Electra unaccepted
Genus Clymene unaccepted
Genus Euphrosyne unaccepted
Genus Delphinus
Genus Lagenodelphis
Genus Feresa
Genus Lagenorhynchus
Genus Orcinus
Genus Pseudorca
Genus Stenella
Genus Globicephala
Genus Steno
Genus Tursiops
Genus Peponocephala
Genus Grampus
Genus Lissodelphis
Genus Orcaella
Genus Grampidelphis unaccepted
Genus Sousa
Genus Sotalia
Genus Ferasa unaccepted
Genus Cephalorhynchus

Statistics

Occurrence records 364,932
Species level 318,986
Absence records 37,807
Species 39
Taxa 63
Datasets 844
Time range 1758 - 2025

Data quality

Dropped records

Dropped records 1,581
Not marine 0
Marine unsure 93
No coordinates 1,580
Zero coordinates 1

Taxonomic issues

Marine unsure 93
No accepted name available 145

Missing and invalid fields

Field Missing Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters 135,539 100,437
decimalLatitude 1,572 0
decimalLongitude 1,578 0
eventDate 5,488 0
maximumDepthInMeters 337,163 3,079
minimumDepthInMeters 338,001 3,075
occurrenceStatus 4,701 0
scientificName 1 0
scientificNameID 1,766 11,743

Spatial issues

Records on land 38,361
More than 20 km from shore 206
Depth exceeds bathymetric depth 1,118