Fishin' for Facts: Dolphins

Did you know there are many kinds of dolphins. Meet the dolphins...more information to come....

Family Delphinidae

Atlantic Hump-backed Dolphin, Sousa teuzii

Atlantic White-sided Dolphin, Lagenorhynchus acutus

Black Dolphin, Cephalorhynchus eutropia

Bottlenose Dolphin, Tursiops truncatus

Commerson's Dolphins, Cephalorhynchus commersonii

Common Dolphin, Delphinus delphis

Dusky Dolphin, Lagenorhynchus obscurus

False Kller Whale, Pseudorca crassidens

Fraser's Dolphin, Lagenodelphis hosei

Heavisides Dolphin, Cephalorhynchus heavisidii

Hector's Dolphin, Cephalorhynchus hectori

Hourglass Dolphin, Lagenorhynchus cruciger

Killer Whale, Orcinus orca

Indo-Pacific Hump-backed Dolphin, Sousa chinensis

Irawaddi Dolphin, Orcaella brevirostris

Long-finned Pilot Whale, Globicephala melaena

Long-snouted Spinner Dolphin, Stenella longirostris

Melon-headed Whale, Peponocephala electra

Northern Right Whale Dolphin, Lissodelphis borealis

Pacific White-sided Dolphin, Lagenorhynchus obliquidens

Peale's Dolphin, Lagenorhynchus australis

Pygmy Killer Whale, Feresa attenuata

Risso's Dolphin, Grampus griseus

Rough-toothed Dolphin, Steno bredanensis

Short-finned Pilot Whale, Globicephala macrorhynchus

Short-snouted Spinner/Clymene Dolphin, Stenella clymene

Southern Right Whale Dolphin, Lissodelphis peronii

Spotted Dolphins, Stenella spp., (Stenella attenuata, Stenella dubia, Stenella frontalis, and Stenella plagiodon)

Striped Dolphin, Stenella coeruleoalba

Tucuxi, Sotalia fluviatilis

White-beaked Dolphin, Lagenorhynchus albirostris

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