Name
The Haviside's Dolphin, whose binomial name references heavisidii, is actually named after a Captain Haviside who brought a specimen from Namibia to the United Kingdom early in the 19th Century. However, its name was once misspelled Heaviside, after a prominent surgeon, Captain Heaviside who collected cetacean and other animal species. The latter name stuck and is the most common in the literature. However, some authorities, including the Encyclopedia of Marine Mammals and Mammal Species of the World use the originally intended name of Haviside's Dolphin.
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