Family

Delphinidae

32 species · Animals

Animalia › Chordata › Mammalia › Cetacea › Delphinidae

Sotalia guianensis (P.-J.van Bénéden, 1864)

Sotalia guianensis, the Guiana dolphin, is a small cetacean found in coastal South American waters with electroreceptive ability.

Stenella coeruleoalba (Meyen, 1833)

Stenella coeruleoalba, the striped dolphin, is a widely distributed offshore dolphin recognizable by its distinct striped color pattern.

Stenella longirostris (Gray, 1828)

Stenella longirostris, the spinner dolphin, is a small, variably colored cetacean found in global tropical and subtropical waters.

Stenella attenuata (Gray, 1846)

Stenella attenuata, the pantropical spotted dolphin, is a widely distributed tropical cetacean with varied appearance and behavior.

Stenella frontalis (G.Cuvier, 1829)

Stenella frontalis, the Atlantic spotted dolphin, is a medium-sized endemic dolphin of the Atlantic Ocean with age-dependent spotted coloration.

Lagenodelphis hosei Fraser, 1956

Fraser's dolphin (Lagenodelphis hosei) is a stocky open-ocean tropical dolphin that hunts deep prey using only echolocation.

Delphinus delphis Linnaeus, 1758

Delphinus delphis is a medium-sized common dolphin with distinct color patterning and location-variable reproduction.

Lagenorhynchus acutus (Gray, 1828)

This is a detailed description of the Atlantic white-sided dolphin, covering its size, appearance, behavior, range, and reproduction.

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