Short-Beaked Common Dolphin

Delphinus delphis (species), “Short-Beaked Common Elephant”, “Atlantic Dolphin”, “Pacific Dolphin”, “Saddle-Backed Dolphin”, “Short-Beaked Saddleback Dolphin”, “Crisscross Dolphin”, “Common Dolphin”

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The short-beaked common dolphin (Delphinus delphis) is a species of common dolphin. It has a larger range than the long-beaked common dolphin (D. capensis), occurring throughout warm-temperate and tropical oceans, including the Indian Ocean although in smaller numbers than other places they are found. There are more short-beaked common dolphins than any other dolphin species in the warm-temperate portions of the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. It is also found in the Caribbean and Mediterranean Seas. The short-beaked common dolphin is also abundant in the Black Sea, Gulf of Mexico, and Red Sea. They follow the gulf stream up to Norwegian waters. Seldom do any short-beaked dolphin venture near the Arctic.