Editing Common dolphin (section)

{{Short description|Species of mammal}}
{{For|the ray-finned fish known as the common dolphinfish|Mahi-mahi}}
{{Speciesbox
| name = Common dolphin
| image = Common dolphin noaa.jpg
| image2 = Common dolphin size.svg
| image2_caption = Size compared to an average human
| status = LC
| status_system = IUCN3.1
| status_ref = <ref name="iucn status 19 November 2021">{{cite iucn |author=Braulik, G. |author2=Jefferson, T.A. |author3=Bearzi, G. |date=2021 |title=''Delphinus delphis'' |volume=2021 |page=e.T134817215A199893039 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-2.RLTS.T134817215A199893039.en |access-date=19 November 2021}}</ref>
| status2 = CITES_A2 
| status2_system = CITES 
| status2_ref = <ref>{{Cite web|title=Appendices {{!}} CITES|url=https://cites.org/eng/app/appendices.php|access-date=2022-01-14|website=cites.org}}</ref>
| genus = Delphinus
| species = delphis
| authority = [[Carl Linnaeus|Linnaeus]], [[10th edition of Systema Naturae|1758]]
| parent_authority = [[Carl Linnaeus|Linnaeus]], [[10th edition of Systema Naturae|1758]]
| subdivision_ranks = Subspecies
| subdivision = *''D. d. delphis'' 
*''D. d. bairdii''
*''D. d. ponticus''
* ''D. d. tropicalis''
| range_map = Delphinus delphis map.svg

| range_map_caption = {{legend2|#5599ffff|Range of common dolphin|outline=gray}}

| synonyms = * ''Delphinus albimanus'' Peale, 1848
* ''Delphinus algeriensis'' Loche, 1860
* ''Delphinus capensis'' Gray, 1828
* ''Delphinus delphus'' Linnaeus, 1758
* ''Delphinus forsteri'' Gray, 1846
* ''Delphinus fulvifasciatus'' Wagner, 1846
* ''Delphinus fulvofasciatus'' True, 1889
* ''Delphinus janira'' Gray, 1846
* ''Delphinus loriger'' Wiegmann, 1846
* ''Delphinus marginatus'' Lafont, 1868
* ''Delphinus novaezealandiae'' Gray, 1850
* ''Delphinus novaezeelandiae'' Wagner, 1846
* ''Delphinus novaezelandiae'' Quoy & Gaimard, 1830
* ''Delphinus vulgaris'' Lacépède, 1804
* ''Delphinus zelandae'' Gray, 1853
}}

The '''common dolphin''' ('''''Delphinus delphis''''') is the most abundant [[cetacean]] in the world, with a global population of about six million.<ref>Hammond, P.S., Bearzi, G., Bjørge, A., Forney, K., Karczmarski, L., Kasuya, T., Perrin, W.F., Scott, M.D., Wang, J.Y., Wells, R.S. & Wilson, B. 2008. ''Delphinus delphis''. ''The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species'' 2008: e.T6336A12649851. {{doi|10.2305/IUCN.UK.2008.RLTS.T6336A12649851.en}}. Downloaded on 10 July 2020.</ref> Despite this fact and its [[vernacular name]], the common dolphin is not thought of as the archetypal [[dolphin]], with that distinction belonging to the [[bottlenose dolphin]] due to its popular appearances in aquaria and the media. However, the common dolphin is often depicted in [[Ancient Greece|Ancient Greek]] and [[Ancient Rome|Roman]] art and culture, most notably in a mural painted by the Greek [[Minoan civilization]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.teachgreece.org/Study_Guides/Mural_Painting/downloadable_docs/MinoanMurals.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=2020-07-10 |archive-date=2012-01-31 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120131123253/http://www.teachgreece.org/Study_Guides/Mural_Painting/downloadable_docs/MinoanMurals.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref>

It is presently the [[Monotypic taxon|only member]] of the genus '''''Delphinus'''''. The common dolphin belongs to the subfamily Delphininae, making this dolphin closely related to the three different species of bottlenose dolphins, [[humpback dolphin]], [[striped dolphin]], [[spinner dolphin]], [[Clymene dolphin]], [[spotted dolphin]], [[Fraser's dolphin]], the [[tucuxi]] and [[Guiana dolphin]].<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Amaral|first1=Ana R.|last2=Jackson|first2=Jennifer A.|last3=Möller|first3=Luciana M.|last4=Beheregaray|first4=Luciano B.|last5=Manuela Coelho|first5=M.|date=2012-07-01|title=Species tree of a recent radiation: The subfamily Delphininae (Cetacea, Mammalia)|url=http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S105579031200142X|journal=Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution|language=en|volume=64|issue=1|pages=243–253|doi=10.1016/j.ympev.2012.04.004|pmid=22503758|bibcode=2012MolPE..64..243A |issn=1055-7903|url-access=subscription}}</ref> The common dolphin was previously categorized into two different species (now thought to be [[ecotype]]s), the '''short-beaked common dolphin''' and the '''long-beaked common dolphin'''. However, recent evidence has shown that many populations of long-beaked common dolphins around the world are not closely related to one another and are often derived from a short-beaked ancestor and do not always share common derived characteristics. For this reason, they are no longer considered different species.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://us.whales.org/whales-dolphins/species-guide/long-beaked-common-dolphin/|title=Long-beaked common dolphin|access-date=2020-07-10|archive-date=2023-03-21|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230321071639/https://us.whales.org/whales-dolphins/species-guide/long-beaked-common-dolphin/|url-status=dead}}</ref>