Atlantic white-sided dolphin [SEP] parent taxon
Atlantic white-sided dolphin
The Atlantic white-sided dolphin ("Lagenorhynchus acutus") is a distinctively coloured dolphin found in the cool to temperate waters of the North Atlantic Ocean.
Taxonomy.
The Atlantic white-sided dolphin was named by John Edward Gray in 1828. The specific name "acutus" comes from the Latin for 'pointed' and refers to the sharply pointed dorsal fin. "L. acutus" is one of six oceanic dolphins in the genus "Lagenorhynchus".
Description.
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Atlantic white-sided dolphin be placed within its own genus, "Leucopleurus", and that the remaining species would need taxonomic revision, as well. Leduc proposed "Sagmatias" as the new genus for the Pacific white-sided dolphin, Peale's dolphin, hourglass dolphin and dusky dolphin.
According to an analysis by , the remaining two species, the dusky and Pacific white-sided dolphins, are closely related to each other and form the sister group to the (expanded) genus "Cephalorhynchus". If this