SPECIES

Rough-Toothed

OCEANIC DOLPHINS

Atlantic Spotted 

Bottlenose

Clymene

Common

Frasier's

Hourglass

Northern Right Whale

Pacific White-Sided

Risso's

Rough-Toothed 

Southern Right Whale

Spinner

Spotted

Striped

COASTAL DOLPHINS

Atlantic Humpback

Atlantic White-Sided

Bottlenose

Dusky

Chilean

Commerson's

Franciscana

Heaviside's

Hector's

Indo-Pacific

Irrawaddy

Peal's

Tucuxi

White-Beaked

RIVER DOLPHINS

Baiji

Amazon River

Ganges River

Indus River

Tucuxi

The Rough-Toothed Dolphin is an Oceanic Dolphin. It can be found in the Caribbean and on the shores of Japan and in the Pacific Ocean. The Roughed-Toothed Dolphin has a long thin snout and the body is tampered. The dorsal fin of this dolphin is high, falcate, and is found in the middle of the back. The pectoral fins have a wide base and the caudal is rather small compared to the rest of the body. There are 20 to 27 small conned-shaped teeth on each side of the jaw. The pectoral fins, the back, flanks, and the caudal fin are a grey-black color with pink and white spots, here and there. The stomach and the snout are white

DOLPH-O-METER

Size of adult: 7ft 6in to 9ft 
Size of newborn 2ft 6in to 2ft 9in
Weight of adult: 285lbs. to     350ls. 
Weight of newborn: Unknown
Habitat: The Caribbean, the shores of Japan and the Pacific Ocean
Lifespan: Unknown
Food: mollusks,    pelagic    cuttlefish, squids, and fish
Communication to other dolphins: High clicks
 

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