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39 species with fin ray counts including ? spines in dorsal and ? in anal fins (see list below)
Scientific Name
English Name
Distribution
Max. Length (cm)
Cephalorhynchus commersonii
Commerson's dolphin
Indian Ocean, Southeast P
175 TL
Cephalorhynchus eutropia
Black dolphin
Southeast Pacific
170 TL
Cephalorhynchus heavisidii
Heaviside's dolphin
Southeast Atlantic
170 TL
Cephalorhynchus hectori
Hector's dolphin
Southwest Pacific
Delphinus capensis
Long-beaked common dolphin
Indo-Pacific and Atlantic
Delphinus delphis
Common dolphin
Indo-Pacific, Atlantic Oc
260 TL
Feresa attenuata
Pygmy killer whale
Atlantic Ocean and Indo-P
260 TL
Globicephala macrorhynchus
Short-finned pilot whale
Atlantic Ocean and Indo-P
610 TL
Globicephala melas
Long-finned pilot whale
Northeast Atlantic, Atlan
670 TL
Grampus griseus
Risso's dolphin
Antarctic, Atlantic, the
380 TL
Lagenodelphis hosei
Fraser's dolphin
Atlantic Ocean and Indo-P
270 TL
Lagenorhynchus acutus
Atlantic white-sided dolphin
Atlantic Ocean. Temperat
280 TL
Lagenorhynchus albirostris
White-beaked dolphin
Atlantic Ocean and the Ar
320 TL
Lagenorhynchus australis
Peale's dolphin
Southeast Pacific and Sou
216 TL
Lagenorhynchus cruciger
Hourglass dolphin
Indo-Pacific, Atlantic Oc
183 TL
Lagenorhynchus obliquidens
Pacific white-sided dolphin
Pacific Ocean.
250 TL
Lagenorhynchus obscurus
Dusky dolphin
Atlantic Ocean, Indo-Paci
210 TL
Lissodelphis borealis
Northern right whale dolphin
Pacific Ocean
310 TL
Lissodelphis peronii
Southern right whale dolphin
Atlantic Ocean, Indo-Paci
300 TL
Orcaella brevirostris
Irrawaddy dolphin
Indo-Pacific and Asia Inl
275 TL
Orcaella heinsohni
Australian snubfin dolphin
Indo-Pacific
270 TL
Orcinus orca
Killer whale
Circumglobal. Climate
980 TL
Peponocephala electra
Melon-headed whale
Atlantic Ocean and Indo-P
275 TL
Pseudorca crassidens
False killer whale
Atlantic Ocean and Indo-P
600 TL
Sotalia fluviatilis
Tucuxi
Western Atlantic, Southea
210 TL
Sotalia guianensis
Western Atlantic
Sousa chinensis
Pacific humpback dolphin
Indo-West Pacific. [east
320 TL
Sousa plumbea
Indo-West Pacific, Southe
Sousa sahulensis
Australian humpback dolphin
Eastern Indian Ocean
Sousa teuszii
Atlantic hump-backed dolphin
Eastern Atlantic.
280 TL
Stenella attenuata
Pantropical spotted dolphin
Atlantic Ocean and Indo-P
260 TL
Stenella clymene
Clymene dolphin
Atlantic Ocean. Tropical
200 TL
Stenella coeruleoalba
Striped dolphin
Circumglobal. Tropical a
260 TL
Stenella frontalis
Atlantic spotted dolphin
Atlantic Ocean. Tropical
230 TL
Stenella longirostris
Spinner dolphin
Atlantic Ocean and Indo-P
240 TL
Steno bredanensis
Rough-toothed dolphin
Atlantic, the Mediterrane
280 TL
Tursiops aduncus
Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphin
Indo-Pacific and Southern
270 BL
Tursiops australis
Burrunan dolphin
Indo-West Pacific
Tursiops truncatus
Bottlenose dolphin
Atlantic Ocean, Indo-Paci
380 TL