Types of Dolphins
Submitted by Brian on Sat, 2006-01-21 10:18.
Here is a list of Dolphin species:
- Suborder Odontoceti, toothed whales
- Long-Beaked Common Dolphin, Delphinus capensis
- Short-Beaked Common Dolphin, Delphinus delphis
- Bottlenose Dolphin, Tursiops truncatus
- Northern Rightwhale Dolphin, Lissodelphis borealis
- Southern Rightwhale Dolphin, Lissiodelphis peronii
- Tucuxi, Sotalia fluviatilis
- Indo-Pacific Hump-backed Dolphin, Sousa chinensis
- Chinese White Dolphin (the Chinese variant), Sousa chinensis chinensis
- Atlantic Humpbacked Dolphin, Sousa teuszii
- Atlantic Spotted Dolphin, Stenella frontalis
- Clymene Dolphin, Stenella clymene
- Pantropical Spotted Dolphin, Stenella attenuata
- Spinner Dolphin, Stenella longirostris
- Striped Dolphin, Stenella coeruleoalba
- Rough-Toothed Dolphin, Steno bredanensis
- Chilean Dolphin, Cephalorhynchus eutropia
- Commerson's Dolphin, Cephalorhynchus commersonii
- Heaviside's Dolphin, Cephalorhynchus heavisidii
- Hector's Dolphin, Cephalorhynchus hectori
- Risso's Dolphin, Grampus griseus
- Fraser's Dolphin, Lagenodelphis hosei
- Atlantic White-Sided Dolphin, Lagenorhynchus acutus
- Dusky Dolphin, Lagenorhynchus obscurus
- Hourglass Dolphin, Lagenorhynchus cruciger
- Pacific White-Sided Dolphin, Lagenorhynchus obliquidens
- Peale's Dolphin, Lagenorhynchus australis
- White-Beaked Dolphin, Lagenorhynchus albirostris
- Australian Snubfin Dolphin, Orcaella heinsohni
- Irrawaddy Dolphin, Orcaella brevirostris
- Melon-headed Whale, Peponocephalia electra
- Killer Whale, Orcinus orca
- Pygmy Killer Whale, Feresa attenuata
- False Killer Whale, Pseudorca crassidens
- Long-finned Pilot Whale, Globicephala melas
- Short-finned Pilot Whale, Globicephala macrorhynchus
- Boto (Amazon River Dolphin), Inia geoffrensis
- Chinese River Dolphin (Baiji), Lipotes vexillife
- Ganges River Dolphin, Platanista gangetica
- Indus River Dolphin, Platanista minor
- La Plata Dolphin (Franciscana), Pontoporia blainvillei
- Melon-headed Whale, Peponocephalia electra
- Killer Whale, Orcinus orca
- Pygmy Killer Whale, Feresa attenuata
- False Killer Whale, Psudoorca crassidens
- Long-finned Pilot Whale, Globicephala melas
- Short-finned Pilot Whale, Globicephala macrorhynchus
- Family Delphinidae, oceanic Dolphins
- Genus Delphinus
- Genus Tursiops
- Genus Lissodelphis
- Genus Sotalia
- Genus Sousa
- Genus Stenella
- Genus Steno
- Genus Cephalorynchus
- Genus Grampus
- Genus Lagenodelphis
- Genus Lagenorhyncus
- Genus Orcaella
- Genus Peponocephalia
- Genus Orcinus
- Genus Feresa
- Genus Pseudorca
- Genus Globicephala
- Family Platanistoidea, River Dolphins
- Genus Inia
- Genus Lipotes
- Genus Platanista
- Genus Pontoporia
Six animals in the family Delphinidae are commonly called "whales" but are strictly speaking dolphins. They are sometimes called "blackfish":
