Atlantic White-Sided Dolphin
Temporal range: Pliocene-Present (Zanclean-recent), 5 million-0 BC
CONSERVATION STATUS
Least Concern (LC)
CLASSIFICATIONS
Kingdom: Animals (Animalia)
Subkingdom: Eumetazoa (Eumetazoa)
Superphylum: Deuterostomes (Deuterostomia)
Phylum: Chordates (Chordata)
Subphylum: Vertebrates (Vertebrata)
Infraphylum: Gnathostomes (Gnathostomata)
Superclass: Tetrapods (Tetrapoda)
Clade: Amniotes (Amniota)
Clade: Synapsids (Synapsida)
Clade: Therapsids (Therapsida)
Clade: Cynodonts (Cynodontia)
Clade: Eucynodonts (Eucynodontia)
Clade: Mammaliamorph (Mammaliamorpha)
Clade: Mammaliaformes (Mammaliaformes)
Class: Mammals (Mammalia/Mammalians)
Clade: Theriimorph (Theriimorpha)
Clade: Theriiformes (Theriiformes)
Subclass: Theria (Theria)
Clade: Eutheria (Eutheria)
Infraclass: Placentals (Placentalia/Placentalians)
Magnorder: Neoplacentals (Neoplacentalia) (Christopher Bland The Whale, 2020)
Superorder: Laurasiatheroglires (Laurasiatheroglires) (Christopher Bland The Whale, 2019) (down below here)
Grandorder: Laurasiatheres (Laurasiatheria)
Clade: Ferungulates (Ferungulata)
Mirorder: Ungulates (Ungulata)
Clade: Euungulates (Euungulata)
Clade: Artiodactylamorph (Artiodactylamorpha)
Order: Even-toed ungulates (Artiodactyla/Cetartiodactyla)
Clade: Artiofabula (Artiofabula)
Clade: Cetruminantians (Cetruminantia)
Clade: Cetancodontamorph (Cetancodontamorpha)
Clade: Cetaceopterygian (Cetaceopterygia) (Christopher Bland The Whale, Pearl The Sperm Whale, Bugs Bunny and Lola Bunny, SpongeBob SquarePants and Sandy Cheeks, Porky Pig and Petunia Pig, Davy The Whale, 2021)
Suborder: Whippomorph (Whippomorpha)
Clade: Cetaceamorph (Cetaceamorpha)
Infraorder: Cetacean (Cetaceans/Cetacea)
Clade: Eucetaceamorph (Eucetaceamorpha) (Christopher Bland The Whale, 2020)
Clade: Eucetaceaformes (Eucetaceaformes) (Christopher Bland The Whale, 2020)
Clade: Eucetaceans (Eucetacea) (Christopher Bland The Whale, 2020)
Clade: Pelagicete (Pelagiceti)
Clade: Neocete (Neoceti)
Parvorder: Toothed Whales (Odontoceti)
Clade: Delphinida (Delphinida)
Superfamily: Dolphins (Delphinoidea)
Family: Oceanic Dolphins (Delphinidae)
Subfamily: Lissodelphinines (Lissodelphininae)
Tribe: Cephalorhynchins (Cephalorhynchini)
Genus: Lagenorhynchus dolphins (Lagenorhynchus) (John Edward Gray, 1846)
Subgenus: Leucopleurus (Leucopleurus) (John Edward Gray, 1866)
Speices: Atlantic White-Sided Dolphin (Lagenorhynchus obscurus) (John Edward Gray, 1828)
NEOPLACENTALIA SYNONYMS
Neoplacentals (Neoplacentalia) (Christopher Bland The Whale, 2020)
Neotheres (Neotheria) (Christopher Bland The Whale, 2020)
Exarchontoplacentals (Exarchontoplacentalia) (Christopher Bland The Whale, 2020)
Exprimatoplacentals (Exprimatoplacentalia) (Christopher Bland The Whale, 2020)
LAURASIATHEROGLIRES SYNONYMS
Cetoglires (Cetoglires) (Christopher Bland The Whale, 2019)
Supracetaceans (Supracetacea) (Christopher Bland The Whale, 2019)
Cetaceoglires (Cetaceoglires) (Christopher Bland The Whale, 2019)
Supralaurasiatheres (Supralaurasiatheria) (Christopher Bland The Whale, 2019)
Supracetes (Supraceti) (Christopher Bland The Whale, 2019)
Cetolagomorph (Cetolagomorpha) (Christopher Bland The Whale, 2019)
Lagocetaceans (Lagocetacea) (Christopher Bland The Whale, 2019)
Lagocetes (Lagoceti) (Christopher Bland The Whale, 2019)
Cetorodents (Cetorodentia) (Christopher Bland The Whale, 2019)
PELAGICETI SYNONYMS
Neocetaceamorph (Neocetaceamorpha) (Christopher Bland The Whale, 2020)
Neocetaceaformes (Neocetaceaformes (Christopher Bland The Whale, 2020)
NEOCETI SYNONYMS
Neocetaceans (Neocetacea) (Christopher Bland The Whale, 2020)
CETOLOGICAL INFORMATION
Living: North Atlantic Ocean
Diets: Carnivores they hunting and preying on cephalopods such as small squids, small octopuses, small cuttlefishes; crustaceans such as crabs and lobsters; fishes such as small pelagic bony fishes
Other name: TBA
Size: 8-9 feet, 2-3 yards or 96-110 inches long and 360-525 lbs
Info
Atlantic White-Sided Dolphin (Lagenorhynchus acutus) is a species of white-sided dolphins, which are found in North Atlantic Ocean and it is closely relatives of White-Beaked Dolphin and they are members of subfamily Lissodelphininae. Atlantic White-Sided Dolphin are also has own subgenus Leucopleurus by John Edward Gray in 1866.
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Details
Published:
2 months, 1 week ago
23 Feb 2026 14:18 CET
Initial: 83a43b159b3f7d21e1d84a64719ba7cf
Full Size: d059fff7e80b8c80bb30bb154512e9ec
Large: 910b7873be5812b8182668730d48d132
Small: ba519a9a98dc84f4a6bea7148384d4b4
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