SPECIES

Southern Right Whale

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 Southern Right Whale Dolphin is an Oceanic Dolphin.  It can be found in the Pacific Ocean, the Tasmanian Sea, and near the coasts of  Australia and  Chile. The body of the Southern Right Whale Dolphin is slender, and is bigger by the head and gets skinnier. The pectoral and caudal fins are small compared to the rest of the body. The tail has a median notch. The back is black, and the snout and stomach are white. There are 43 to 47 pointed teeth on each jaw.

DOLPH-O-METER

Height of adult: 5ft 10" to 7ft 9"
Weight of adult: 130lbs. to 180lbs.
Habitat: Pacific Ocean, Tasmanian Sea, Australia, or Chile
Food: Latern fish and octopus
 

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