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[13] [14] The only known predator of the Pacific white-sided dolphin is the killer whale, [15] but at least one case of predation by the great white shark has been recorded. [16] The total population may be as many as 1 million. [6] However, the tendency of Pacific white-sided dolphins to approach boats complicates precise estimates via sampling.
The “super pod” of Risso’s dolphins was spotted in Carmel Bay, off central California’s coast. This species , which can grow to over 10ft long and weigh as much as half a metric tonne, is ...
The remaining four species in the genus Lagenorhynchus—the Pacific white-sided dolphin, Peale's dolphin, hourglass dolphin and the dusky dolphin—are consistently placed within the Lissodelphininae subfamily, in studies of molecular phylogeny, [8] [4] together with the right whale dolphin and the four species of the genus Cephalorhynchus ...
It provides breeding and feeding grounds for at least twenty-five endangered or threatened species; thirty-six marine mammal species, including blue, gray, and humpback whales, harbor seals, elephant seals, Pacific white-sided dolphins, and one of the southernmost U.S. populations of threatened Steller sea lions; over a quarter-million breeding ...
The tour agency said its team counted 33 gray whales, 1,500-plus Risso's dolphins and three northern right whale dolphins as they undertook the 60-mile roundtrip from Monterey to Point Sur. Rare ...
A mega-pod of dolphins put on a special show when it appeared next to Evan Donadt's San Diego whale watching boat. While passengers were hoping to spot a blue whale during the height of the whale ...
Pacific white-sided dolphin, Sagmatias obliquidens; Pantropical spotted dolphin, Stenella attenuata (vagrant) Striped dolphin, Stenella coeruleoalba; Rough-toothed dolphin, Steno bredanensis (vagrant) Common bottlenose dolphin, Tursiops truncatus; Order: Cetacea Family: Phocoenidae. Two species of porpoises occur in California's waters.
Captain Dom observed the pod as being made up of two different species, with some of them appearing to be common dolphins and the others Pacific white-sided dolphins.The whales were most likely ...