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
Other websites
Media related to Delphinidae at Wikimedia Commons
Data related to Delphinidae at Wikispecies