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MARINE MAMMALS
PANTROPICAL SPOTTED DOLPHIN (Stenella attenuata) < 2.5 m / 8 ft
he ointed ea has a distincti el hite ti . ar atch around e es. ar er or coastal indi iduals de elo s ots.
SHORT-FINNED PILOT WHALE (Globicephala macrorhynchus) < 7.3 m / 24 ft ul ous head ith no ea . he cur ed dorsal n has a distincti el lon ase. od thic at the ase of the tail.
ORCA
(Orcinus orca) < 7.9 m / 26 ft
istincti e hite atches near the e es under the chin and on the belly towards the tail. Rarely seen, pelagic.
BOTTLENOSE DOLPHIN (Tursiops truncatus) < 3.7 m / 12 ft
o ust ra od ith a short ea . he dorsal n is hi hl cur ed and the ectoral ns are shar l ointed.
SPINNER DOLPHIN
(Stenella longirostris) < 2.1 m / 7 ft Elongated body with a long pointed beak. Gray with a hite ell . ar strea a o e and ehind the e es.
FALSE KILLER WHALE (Pseudorca crassidens) < 6 m / 20 ft
Dark gray with a long tapering forehead. Sickle-shaped dorsal n and lon narro ectoral ns ith ointed ti s.
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