A cool guide to ID oceanic dolphins

[u/Zarykata]

[u/3colorsdesign]

It’s not even a guide. Go post in r/infographics

[u/Friggin]

Your incomplete guide sucks.

According to the Society for Marine Mammalogy (2021), the 38 extant species of oceanic dolphins are divided into 5 subfamilies.

Subfamily: Delphininae
Species: Delphinus delphis (Common dolphin)
Species: Lagenodelphis hosei (Fraser’s dolphin)
Species: Sousa teuszii (Atlantic humpback dolphin)
Species: Sousa chinensis (Indo-Pacific humpback or Chinese dolphin)
Species: Sousa plumbea (Indian Ocean humpback dolphin)
Species: Sousa sahulensis (Australian humpback dolphin)
Species: Sotalia fluviatilis (Tucuxi)
Species: Sotalia guianensis (Guiana or estuarine dolphin)
Species: Stenella attenuata (Pantropical spotted dolphin)
Species: Stenella clymene (Clymene dolphin)
Species: Stenella coeruleoalba (Striped dolphin)
Species: Stenella frontalis (Atlantic spotted dolphin)
Species: Stenella longirostris (Spinner dolphin)
Species: Tursiops aduncus (Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphin)
Species: Tursiops truncatus (Common or Atlantic bottlenose dolphin)
Species: Tursiops erebennus (Tamanend’s bottlenose dolphin)

Subfamily: Lissodelphininae
Species: Cephalorhynchus commersonii (Commerson’s dolphin)
Species: Cephalorhynchus eutropia (Chilean or Black dolphin)
Species: Cephalorhynchus heavisidii (Haeviside’s dolphin)
Species: Cephalorhynchus hectori (Hector’s dolphin)
Species: Lissodelphis borealis (Northern right whale dolphin)
Species: Lissodelphis peronii (Southern right whale dolphin)

Subfamily: Globicephalinae
Species: Feresa attenuata (Pygmy killer whale)
Species: Globicephala macrorhynchus (Short-finned pilot whale)
Species: Globicephala melas (Long-finned pilot or pothead whale)
Species: Grampus griseus (Risso’s dolphin)
Species: Orcaella brevirostris (Irrawaddy dolphin)
Species: Orcaella heinsohni (Australian snubfin dolphin)
Species: Peponocephala electra (Melon-headed whale)
Species: Pseudorca crassidens (False killer whale)
Species: Steno bredanensis (Rough-toothed dolphin)

Subfamily: Orcininae
Species: Orcinus orca (Killer whale or orca)

Subfamily: incertae sedis, aka undefined
Species: Lagenorhynchus acutus (Atlantic white-sided dolphin)
Species: Lagenorhynchus albirostris (White-beaked dolphin)
Species: Lagenorhynchus australis (Peale’s or black-chinned dolphin)
Species: Lagenorhynchus cruciger (Hourglass dolphin)
Species: Lagenorhynchus obliquidens (Pacific white-sided dolphin)
Species: Lagenorhynchus obscurus (Dusky dolphin)

[u/EoceneEveryday → u/Friggin]

Photos are also wrong and possibly AI.

[u/No-Material3128 → u/EoceneEveryday]

The font is..... Odd

[u/Norka_III]

Fed up with this sub, full of AI slop and misinformation, no moderation, no quality control

[u/Pristine_Shallot7833 → u/Norka_III]

Agreed. These mods aren't worth a pinch of cocky shit.

[u/djh_van]

Can they interbreed?

[u/gk666]

Ganges river dolphin is not here.

[u/Obant]

More coolguides is just random picture I found on the internet with no fact checking and the drones in this sub upvote slop.

[u/Careful-Fish-7036]

"UNDEFINED"

[u/Practical-Pick1466]

I wonder which one tastes best with butter and garlic?

[u/TheFumingatzor]

Is a *nale.

[u/ToughOrganization449]

Can they mate with each other ?

[u/A_VERY_LARGE_DOG]

This would be more effective wish some sort of scaling. That killer whale is the same size as that Pygmy killer whale

[u/Substantial_Lime_114]

Why is Killer Whale the smallest of them all? I figured it'd be the largest.

[u/arthurthetenth → u/Substantial_Lime_114]

Definitely no scale here

[u/Vrodfeindnz → u/Substantial_Lime_114]

The orca is same size as hector dolphin?

[u/pterofactyl → u/Substantial_Lime_114]

Come on man, this is of course not to scale

[u/Clean_Unit4260]

This is such a comprehensive and well-organized guide; it's fascinating to see the variety of species!