Pacific White-sided Dolphin
Pacific White-sided Dolphin (Lagenorhynchus obliquidens)
Commonly known as "lag"
Species Code: LAOB ...
Pacific white-sided dolphin
Lagenorhynchus obliquidens
This species is common in the North Pacific ocean.
Subspecies
None.
Pacific White-sided Dolphin
Relatives in same Genus
Atlantic White-sided Dolphin (L. acutus)
White-beaked Dolphin (L. albirostris) ...
The White-sided Dolphin has a short beak and the tall falcate dorsal fin is located in the center of the back.
Pacific white-sided dolphins, Lagenorhynchus obliquidens (Gill, 1865), have short, rounded, thick beaks containing 23-32 small, rounded slightly-curved teeth in each side of the upper and lower jaws.
Atlantic white-sided dolphin - Lagenorhynchus acutus
The Atlantic white-sided dolphin (Lagenorhynchus acutus) is a species of oceanic dolphin that inhabits the cool, temperate waters of the North Atlantic.
The Pacific White-sided Dolphin is also known as the "White-striped Dolphin" or "Hookfin Porpoise". It's cousin is the "Atlantic White-sided Dolphin", which is very similar but slightly larger.
Description ...
Pacific White-sided Dolphin
Order: Cetacea
Family: Delphinidae
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Pacific white-sided dolphin (Lagenorhynchus obliquidens)
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Pacific white-sided dolphins have a robust body and are also called "white-striped dolphins" because of the light stripe present on both sides of their bodies. Their mouths contain 84-130 sharp teeth that are slightly curved.
Pacific White-Sided Dolphin
Lagenorhychus obliquidens
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Atlantic White-sided Dolphin (Lagenorhynchus acutus) - U
Common Dolphin (Delphinis delphis) - C
Eastern Cottontail (Sylvilagus floridanus) - C ...
Atlantic White-sided Dolphin (L. acutus) Â- White-beaked Dolphin (L. albirostris) Â- Peale's Dolphin (L. australis) Â- Hourglass Dolphin (L. cruciger) Â- Pacific White-sided Dolphin (L. obliquidens) Â- Dusky Dolphin (L. obscurus) ...
Atlantic White-sided Dolphin
Lagenorhynchus acutus
Coastal waters; stranded in Barnstable, Dukes, Essex, Nantucket & Norfolk counties.
The Atlantic white-sided dolphin can be found in the temperate and sub-polar regions of the North Atlantic, from West Greenland, Iceland and the Barents Sea south to Cape Cod in the west and Ireland and the North Sea in the East.
Atlantic White-Sided Dolphin (Lagenorhynchus acutus)
Black Dolphin (Cephalorhynchus eutropia)
Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops truncatus)
Clymene Dolphin (Stenella clymene)
Commerson's Dolphin (Cephalorhynchus commersonii) ...
Others are limited to one hemisphere (Antarctic minke whales) or ocean (Pacific white-sided dolphins). Still others have highly restricted ranges. For example, vaquitas (Phocoena sinus) only occur in the northern part of the Gulf of California.
 See also: Dolphin, Whale, Porpoise, Humpback, Herring
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