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The common dolphin (Delphinus delphis) is the most abundant cetacean in the world, with a global population of about six million. [3] Despite this fact and its vernacular name, the common dolphin is not thought of as the archetypal dolphin, with that distinction belonging to the bottlenose dolphin due to its popular appearances in aquaria and the media.
Common name Scientific name Distribution Commerson's dolphin: C. commersonii: Argentina including Puerto Deseado, in the Strait of Magellan and around Tierra del Fuego, and near the Falkland Islands, near the Kerguelen Islands in the southern part of the Indian Ocean Chilean dolphin: C. eutropia: coast of Chile Heaviside's dolphin: C. heavisidii
Short-beaked common dolphin (Delphinus delphis). The short-beaked common dolphin (Delphinus delphis) is a small species, no more than 2 m long. It can be recognized by its hourglass lateral pattern, with a buffy-beige, almost yellow anterior zone and a bluish-gray posterior zone; the back is dark gray and the belly light.
A Common Dolphin with its calf...common dolphins, which are often seen off South Africa’s east coast, can occur in schools of several thousand. The biggest school on record was estimated to consist of about 15,000 dolphins!...because whales and dolphins are streamlined to swim in water, they do not have external organs. This makes it almost ...
Clymene dolphins are specific to the tropical and subtropical waters of the Atlantic Ocean, [55] mainly between New Jersey and southern Brazil on the western side. [56] In the North of the Gulf of Mexico, most observations have been recorded in the deepest waters. [57] The Clymene dolphin is a hybrid between the spinner dolphin and the striped ...
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It includes all modern oceanic dolphins, porpoises, and their relatives, such as Lipotidae [2] and Iniidae. [ 3 ] [ 1 ] [ 4 ] [ 5 ] Short-beaked common dolphin (Delphinus delphis)
The pantropical spotted dolphin is the most common cetacean species observed within the Agoa Sanctuary, located in the Lesser Antilles in the eastern Caribbean. [ 7 ] [ 8 ] Because it is common within the sanctuary it is considered a resident species; however, no research has been carried out to estimate its population status and movement ...