Dolphin Species
Here is a listing of the dolphin species:
Order CETACEA (WHALES AND DOLPHINS)
Suborder ODONTOCETI(TOOTHED WHALES)
Family DELPHINIDAE (DOLPHINS)
Scientific Name: |
Common Name: |
Steno Bredanensis |
Rough- |
Sousa Chinensis |
Indo- |
Sousa Teuszii |
Atlantic Hump- |
Sotalia Fluviatilis |
Tucuxi |
Tursiops Truncatus |
Bottlenose Dolphin |
Stenella Longirostris |
Spinner Dolphin |
Stenella Clymene |
Clymene Dolphin |
Stenella Frontalis |
Atlantic Spotted Dolphin |
Stenella Attenuata |
Pantropical Spotted Dolphin |
Stenella Coeruleoalba |
Striped Dolphin |
Lagenodelphis Hosei |
Fraser’s Dolphin |
Lagenorhynchus Albirostris |
White-beaked Dolphin |
Lagenorhynchus Acutus |
Atlantic White- |
Lagenorhynchus Obliquidens |
Pacific White- |
Lagenorhynchus Obscurus |
Dusky Dolphin |
Lagenorhynchus Australis |
Peale’s Dolphin |
Lagenorhynchus Cruciger |
Hourglass Dolphin |
Cephalorhynchus Commersonii |
Commerson’s Dolphin |
Cephalorhynchus Heavisidii |
Heaviside’s Dolphin |
Cephalorhynchus Eutropia |
Black Dolphin |
Cephalorhynchus Hectori |
Hector’s Dolphin |
Lissodelphis Borealis |
Northern Right Whale Dolphin |
Lissodelphis Peronii |
Southern Right Whale Dolphin |
Grampus Griseus |
Risso’s Dolphin |
Peponocephala Electra |
Melon- |
Feresa Attenuata |
Pygmy Killer Whale |
Pseudorca Crassidens |
False Killer Whale |
Globicephala Melaena |
Long- |
Globicephala Macrorhynchus |
Short- |
Orcinus Orca |
Killer Whale |
Orcaella Brevirostris |
Irrawaddy Dolphin |
Family PLATANISTIDAE
(RIVER DOLPHINS)
Scientific Name: |
Common Name: |
Platanista Gangetica |
Ganges River Dolphin |
Platanista Minor |
Indus River Dolphin |
Inia Geoffrensis Boto, |
Amazon River Dolphin |
Lipotes Vexillifer Baiji, |
Yangtze River Dolphin |
Pontoporia Blainvillei Franciscana |
La Plata Dolphin |
family PHOCOENIDAE (PORPOISES)
Scientific Name: |
Common Name: |
Phocoena Phocoena |
Harbor Porpoise |
Phocoena Sinus |
Vaquita |
Phocoena Dioptrica |
Spectacled Porpoise |
Phocoena Spinnipinnis |
Burmeister’s Porpoise |
Neophocaena Phocaenoides |
Finless Porpoise |
Phocoenoides Dalli |
Dall’s Porpoise |