Oceanic dolphin

Oceanic dolphins are the members of the Delphinidae family, of the order Cetacea. They are aquatic mammals. They are found worldwide, mostly in the shallower seas of the continental shelves. These dolphins usually live in the open seas, unlike the river dolphins.

 Taxonomy 
 Family Delphinidae
 Genus Peponocephala
 Melon-headed whale, Peponocephala electra
 Genus Orcinus
 Orca (Killer whale), Orcinus orca
 Genus Feresa
 Pygmy killer whale, Feresa attenuata
 Genus Pseudorca
 False killer whale, Pseudorca crassidens
 Genus Globicephala: Pilot whales
 Long-finned pilot whale, Globicephala melas
 Short-finned pilot whale, Globicephala macrorhynchus
 Genus Delphinus
 Long-beaked common dolphin, Delphinus capensis
 Short-beaked common dolphin, Delphinus delphis
 Genus Lissodelphis
 Northern rightwhale dolphin, Lissodelphis borealis
 Southern rightwhale dolphin, Lissodelphis peronii
 Genus Sotalia
 Tucuxi, Sotalia fluviatilis
 Genus Sousa
 Pacific humpback dolphin, Sousa chinensis
 Indian humpback dolphin, Sousa plumbea
 Atlantic humpback dolphin, Sousa teuszii
 Genus Stenella
 Atlantic spotted dolphin, Stenella frontalis
 Clymene dolphin, Stenella clymene
 Pantropical spotted dolphin, Stenella attenuata
 Spinner dolphin, Stenella longirostris
 Striped dolphin, Stenella coeruleoalba
 Genus Steno
 Rough-toothed dolphin, Steno bredanensis
 Genus Tursiops: Bottlenose dolphins
 Common bottlenose dolphin, Tursiops truncatus
 Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphin
 Genus Cephalorhynchus
 Chilean dolphin, Cephalorhynchus eutropia
 Commerson's dolphin, Cephalorhynchus commersonii
 Heaviside's dolphin, Cephalorhynchus heavisidii
 Hector's dolphin, Cephalorhynchus hectori
 Genus Grampus
 Risso's dolphin, Grampus griseus
 Genus Lagenodelphis
 Fraser's dolphin, Lagenodelphis hosei
 Genus Lagenorhynchus
 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
 Genus Orcaella
 Irrawaddy dolphin, Orcaella brevirostris
 Australian snubfin dolphin, Orcaella heinsohni

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