Sagmatias obliquidens - #1009
Pacific White-sided Dolphin
Side view of dolphin leaping out of water. Formerly in order Cetacea. Formerly Lagenorhynchus obliquidens.
Geographic Distribution
North Pacific: cold-temperate waters except warm-temperate waters of the ends of its range. Undocumented sighting from Hong Kong.
Order/Family
Delphinidae
Genus
Sagmatias
Specific Epithet
obliquidens
Image Location
USA, CA, San Diego Co., Sea World
Image Date
1988
Photographer
RB Forbes