Species Identification

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Family: Delphinidae marine or true dolphins

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Cephalorhynchus commersonii
[Commerson's dolphin]

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Cephalorhynchus eutropia
[Black dolphin]

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Cephalorhynchus heavisidii
[Heaviside's dolphin]

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Cephalorhynchus hectori
[Hector's dolphin]

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Delphinus delphis
[Common dolphin]

Photo by Dolar, M. Louella L.

Feresa attenuata
[Pygmy killer whale]

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Globicephala macrorhynchus
[Short-finned pilot whale]

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Globicephala melas
[Long-finned pilot whale]

Photo by Aquino, Maria Theresa

Grampus griseus
[Risso's dolphin]

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Lagenodelphis hosei
[Fraser's dolphin]

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Lagenorhynchus acutus
[Atlantic white-sided dolphin]

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Lagenorhynchus albirostris
[White-beaked dolphin]

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Lagenorhynchus australis
[Peale's dolphin]

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Lagenorhynchus cruciger
[Hourglass dolphin]

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Lagenorhynchus obliquidens
[Pacific white-sided dolphin]

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Lagenorhynchus obscurus
[Dusky dolphin]

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Lissodelphis borealis
[Northern right whale dolphin]

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Lissodelphis peronii
[Southern right whale dolphin]

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Orcaella brevirostris
[Irrawaddy dolphin]

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Max. Length 270 cm TL

Orcaella heinsohni
[Australian snubfin dolphin]

Photo by Dolar, M. Louella L.

Orcinus orca
[Killer whale]

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Peponocephala electra
[Melon-headed whale]

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Pseudorca crassidens
[False killer whale]

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Sotalia fluviatilis
[Tucuxi]

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Sotalia guianensis
[]

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Sousa chinensis
[Pacific humpback dolphin]

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Sousa plumbea
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Sousa sahulensis
[Australian humpback dolphin]

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Sousa teuszii
[Atlantic hump-backed dolphin]

Photo by Aquino, Maria Theresa

Stenella attenuata
[Pantropical spotted dolphin]

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Stenella clymene
[Clymene dolphin]

Photo by Yzoard, Chloé

Stenella coeruleoalba
[Striped dolphin]

Photo by Ryan, Paddy

Stenella frontalis
[Atlantic spotted dolphin]

Photo by Aquino, Maria Theresa

Stenella longirostris
[Spinner dolphin]

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Steno bredanensis
[Rough-toothed dolphin]

Photo by Aquino, Maria Theresa

Tursiops aduncus
[Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphin]

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Tursiops australis
[Burrunan dolphin]

Photo by O'Keefe, Jo

Tursiops truncatus
[Bottlenose dolphin]

Scientific Name Cephalorhynchus commersonii Cephalorhynchus eutropia Cephalorhynchus heavisidii Cephalorhynchus hectori Delphinus delphis Feresa attenuata Globicephala macrorhynchus Globicephala melas Grampus griseus Lagenodelphis hosei Lagenorhynchus acutus Lagenorhynchus albirostris Lagenorhynchus australis Lagenorhynchus cruciger Lagenorhynchus obliquidens Lagenorhynchus obscurus Lissodelphis borealis Lissodelphis peronii Orcaella brevirostris Orcaella heinsohni Orcinus orca Peponocephala electra Pseudorca crassidens Sotalia fluviatilis Sotalia guianensis Sousa chinensis Sousa plumbea Sousa sahulensis Sousa teuszii Stenella attenuata Stenella clymene Stenella coeruleoalba Stenella frontalis Stenella longirostris Steno bredanensis Tursiops aduncus Tursiops australis Tursiops truncatus	English Name Atlantic hump-backed dolphin Atlantic spotted dolphin Atlantic white-sided dolphin Australian humpback dolphin Australian snubfin dolphin Black dolphin Bottlenose dolphin Burrunan dolphin Clymene dolphin Commerson's dolphin Common dolphin Dusky dolphin False killer whale Fraser's dolphin Heaviside's dolphin Hector's dolphin Hourglass dolphin Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphin Irrawaddy dolphin Killer whale Long-finned pilot whale Melon-headed whale Northern right whale dolphin Pacific humpback dolphin Pacific white-sided dolphin Pantropical spotted dolphin Peale's dolphin Pygmy killer whale Risso's dolphin Rough-toothed dolphin Short-finned pilot whale Southern right whale dolphin Spinner dolphin Striped dolphin Tucuxi White-beaked dolphin	Distribution Atlantic, the Mediterrane Atlantic and Arctic Ocean Atlantic Ocean, Indo-Paci Atlantic Ocean, Mediterra Atlantic Ocean. Temperat Atlantic Ocean. Tropical Atlantic Ocean and Indo-P Circumglobal. Climate Circumglobal. Tropical a Eastern Atlantic. Eastern Indian Ocean Indian Ocean, Southeast P Indian Ocean and Western Indo-Pacific Indo-Pacific, Atlantic Oc Indo-Pacific and Asia Inl Indo-West Pacific Indo-West Pacific, Southe Indo-West Pacific. [east Northeast Atlantic, Atlan Pacific Ocean Pacific Ocean. Southeast Atlantic Southeast Pacific Southeast Pacific and Sou Southwest Pacific Western Atlantic Western Atlantic, Southea	Max. Length 170 TL 175 TL 183 TL 200 TL 210 TL 216 TL 230 TL 240 TL 250 TL 260 TL 270 BL 270 TL 275 TL 280 TL 300 TL 310 TL 320 TL 380 TL 600 TL 610 TL 670 TL 980 TL	Year 1758 1765 1804 1809 1812 1821 1824 1828 1829 1833 1846 1848 1850 1853 1864 1865 1866 1874 1881 1892 1956 2005 2011 2014

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