Body to nearly 4 m long. 



Body dark gray on back; lighter gray on sides; belly white to pink. 



Beak thick and short. 



Dorsal fin tall, back curved. 



Ride bow waves; often turn head downwards or to the sides while 

 doing so. 



Distribution temperate and tropical, usually within 20 miles of 

 shore (often in bays, lagoons, and larger rivers j and around 

 islands, but extending seaward of the continental shelf; also 

 occurring pelagically in the eastern Tropical Pacific. 



BOTTLENOSE DoLPHIN 

 Tunicps Iruncalus (A) 



Body to about 2.5 m long. 



Body dark gray to purplish-gray on back with white or pink 



blotches on sides; belly white. 

 Cape is very narrow behind dorsal fin. broadening briefly adjacent 



to dorsal fin but narrowing again from front of dorsal fin to head. 

 Body frequently shows numerous white scars. 

 Head long and cone-shaped, tapering gradually from in front of 



flippers to tip of snout; beak long and slender; no clear 



separation of beak Irom forehead. 

 Rides bow waves. 

 Distribution in deep tropical waters. 



Rough-toothed Dolphin 



Sletw hreiliincnsis (B) 



Body to almost j m long. 



Body black to dusky gray on back (distinct cape), lighter on sides, 



with white belly patch which may extend onto sides in area ot anus. 

 Head rounded; no beak; lips white; lower jaw and chin may be white. 

 Dorsal fin to 'Am tall, erectly falcate; located near midpoint of back. 

 Flippers rounded on tips. 



Pygmy Killer Whale 



Fcresn alltnuata (T) 



Distribution 



trop 



ical and subtropical. 



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