Heaviside's dolphin

English thumb Etymology Early in the 19th century, a specimen was caught off the Cape of Good Hope by a Captain Haviside of the British East India Company. Zoologist John Edward Gray then misidentified Haviside as the surgeon John Heaviside, who was known for his own biological collections at the time. Noun Cephalorhynchus heavisidii species, a small dolphin endemic to the Benguela ecosystem along the southwest coast of Africa. Translations Cephalorhynchus heavisidii Finnish: fi benguelandelfiini French: fr dauphin du Cap m en eponyms en Delphinids