Family DELPHINIDAE

(OCEAN DOLPHINS)

* Smallto medium-sized dolphins, usually with relatively long beaks, slender bodies, and prominent dorsal fins, and flukes with a distinct median notch; conical, pointed teeth, with reduced dentition in some species.

• 140-980 cm

• Cosmopolitan inhabitant all the world’s oceans and some river systems.

Open ocean, coastal, estuarine, and riverine.

17 genera, 36 species, 47 taxa.

1 species Endangered, 2 species Vulnerable; none Extinct since 1600.