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peponocephala electra
small blackfish deep water usually strand regularly in hi large groups-300 less robust and more triangle head than pygmy killer pointier flippers |
melon-headed whale
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steno bredanensis
no nose crease slender white pink lip scars named for tooth ridges occasional here offshore usally tonga/vanuatu |
rough toothed dolphin
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tursiops truncatus
common offshore more robust big and heavy distinct nose crease uniform gray shorter beak |
bottlenose dolphin
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stenella longirostris longirostris
tri color large pods common eat night relax and sleep and socialize day can have freckles-spots |
spinner dolphin
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stenella coeruleoalba
streakers-away from boat dark stripe eye intricate |
striped dolphin
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stenella attenuata
leapers common more spots as older dip in dark color in cape bicolor |
pantropical spotted dolphin
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feresa attenuata
offshore oceanic occasional small blackfish white belly patch sometimes white lips rounded pec fins at end bulbous head pods 6-8 dark shallow cape |
pygmy killer whale
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pseudorca crassidens
named for resemblance to killer whale skull big blackfish not as bulbois head as pilot dorsal base less broad endangered pop in hi head dent |
false killer whale
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grampus griseus
means large grey whale bulbous jead rare white grey brown beakless intense scarring no upper teeth very deep water more common in cali |
risso's dolphin
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globicephala macrorhynchus
bigger blackfish social bulbous head broad base dorsal fin large strandings worldwide not much genetic diversity spy hop |
short-finned pilot whale
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kogia breviceps
false gill small mouth small bent dorsal fin behind midbod no upper jaw teeth compacted anatomy robust abdomen |
pygmy sperm whale
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kogia sima
false gill small mouth sometimes upper teeth shorter larger pointy fin rarely seen |
dwarf sperm whale
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megaptera novaeangliae
migratory longest pec fins ventral throat grooves acrobatic displays and song |
humpback whale
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indopacetus pacificus
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longman's beaked whale
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ziphius cavirostris
shorter beak longer body. than bl sometimes lots of cc shark bites short pointed beak 2 teeth lower jaw beak tip mat males diverse appearance smiley mouth! bulbous melon |
cuvier's beaked whale
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mesoplodon densirostris
longer beak shorter body than cuv tooth on top midway brown olive tooth on top extreme s shape mouth |
blainville's beaked whale
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physeter macrocephalus
wrinkly no upper teeth gray brown largest odontocete low dorsal hump w knuckles |
sperm whale
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orcinus orca
white patches diff diet and culture between pops very tall erect fin gray saddle patch |
killer whale
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lagenodelphis hosei
very little cute beak robust large pods offshore rare white beaked dolphin |
fraser's dolphin
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balanoptera edeni
brudus migratory some pops dont |
brydes whale
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