Common name of Cephalorhynchus heavisidii
 
Common Name Heaviside's dolphin
Language English
Type FAO
Official Trade Name No
Rank 3 - (Other common name)
Country United Kingdom
Locality
Ref. Jefferson, T.A., S. Leatherwood and M.A. Webber, 1993
Life Stage juveniles and adults
Sex females and males
Core primary lexeme
1st Modifier person (eponym)
2nd Modifier
Remarks Gray confused Captain Haviside with Captain Heaviside, a surgeon who sold a collection of anatomical specimens to the Royal College, at the same time that Haviside's dolphin specimen arrived there (Ref. 2145).
 
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