Galapagos Species Database

Taxon category: Accepted

Syn.: Orcinus glacialis (Berzin & Vladimirov, 1983), Orcinus nanus Mikhalev etal., 1981; Delphinus duhameli Lacépède, 1804, Delphinus gladiator Bonnaterre, 1789, Delphinus grampus Blainville, 1817, Delphinus orca Linnaeus, 1758, Delphinus orca ensidoratus Kerr, 1792, Delphinus serra Borowski, 1780 , Delphinus victorini Grill, 1858, Grampus orca Iredale & Troughton, 1933, Grampus rectipinna Scheffer, 1942, Grampus vectipinna Branson, 1971, Ophysia pacifica Gray, 1870, Orca africana Gray, 1871, Orca antarctica Fischer, 1876, Orca ater Cope, 1869, Orca ater fusca Dall, 1874, Orca atra Gray, 1871, Orca capensis Gray, 1846, Orca eschrichtii Reinhardt, 1866, Orca glacialis Berzin & Vladimirov, 1982, Orca gladiator Van Beneden & Gervais, 1869-1880, Orca gladiator arcticus Gervais, 1869-1871, Orca gladiator australis Gervais, 1869-1871, Orca gladiator europaeus Gervais, 1869-1871, Orca gladiator tasmaniensis Cabrera, 1961, Orca latirostris Gray, 1870, Orca megellanica Burmeister, 1866, Orca minor Malm, 1871, Orca orca Lahille, 1914, Orca orca megallanicus, Orca pacifica Gray, 1870, Orca rectipinna Cope, 1869, Orca schlegelii Lilljeborg, 1866, Orca stenorhyncha Gray, 1870, Orca tasmanica Gray, 1871, Orcinus glacialis Berzin & Vladimirov, 1982, Orcinus nanus Mikhalev, Ivashin, Savusin & Zelenaya, 1981, Orcinus orca capensis Trouessart, 1904, Orcinus orca eschrichti Trouessart, 1904, Orcinus orca megallanicus Trouessart, 1904, Physeter microps Fabricius, 1780 (Horton et al., 2021).

Origin: Migrant

Distribution: Distribution Antarctica/Southern Ocean, East Pacific, Eastern Atlantic Ocean, Indo-West Pacific, Western Atlantic Ocean (Horton et al., 2021).

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