Delphinus capensis — Common names

Saddleback Dolphin learn more about names for this taxon

Many people know organisms only by the common names, or "vernacular" names. Unlike scientific names, common names are almost always different for speakers of different languages. They may also vary regionally within a language. This tab shows all the common names provided to EOL for this organism from a variety of providers, including EOL curators. Currently we can only set one preferred common name per language on a given EOL page, but all the names should be searchable.

Common names listed by language

Preferred marks the preferred name for each language.

English

Name Sources Status
Baird's Dolphin Conabio Trusted
Baja-neritic Common Dolphin World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), uBio Trusted
Balkan Toadflax Genome 10K Project Vertebrates Unknown
Cape Dolphin Conabio Trusted
Common Dolphin World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) Trusted
Common Dolphin (includes Both Spp.) uBio Unknown
Long-beaked Common Dolphin IUCN Red List, Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS), Monthly ARKive text import , NCBI Taxonomy, NatureServe resource, South African Vertebrates, Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: April 2013, World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), uBio Trusted
Long-beaked Saddle-back Dolphin World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), uBio Trusted
Long-beaked Saddle-backed Dolphin Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS), Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: April 2013, uBio Trusted
Long-beaked Saddleback Dolphin Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS), Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: April 2013, uBio Trusted
Longbeaked Common Dolphin Conabio Trusted
Neritic Common Dolphin Conabio Trusted
Saddle-back Dolphin World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) Trusted
Saddle-back Dolphin (includes Both Spp.) uBio Unknown
Saddleback Dolphin Conabio Trusted
Short-beaked Saddle-backed Dolphin uBio Unknown
Whitebelly Porpoise World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) Trusted
Whitebelly Porpoise (includes Both Spp.) uBio Unknown

Afrikaans

Name Sources Status
Langbek gewone dolfyn South African Vertebrates Unknown

Catalan

Name Sources Status
Dofí comú de musell llarg Eduard Solà Trusted

Chinese

Name Sources Status
热带真海豚 Taxonomic Hierarchy of COL-China 2012 Trusted

Chinese (Simplified)

Name Sources Status
热带真海豚 Mammalia Trusted

French

Name Sources Status
Dauphin commun a bec large IUCN Red List Trusted
dauphin commun à long bec Unknown, World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), uBio Trusted

Korean

Name Sources Status
ginburi-cham-dolgorae World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) Trusted

Spanish

Name Sources Status
Delfín común a pico largo IUCN Red List Trusted
delfín común de rostro largo Conabio, Unknown, World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), uBio Trusted

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