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Stenella longirostris (Spinner dolphin)
long-beaked dolphin, long-snouted dolphin, long-snouted
spinner dolphin, small-headed dolphin, spinner porpoise, spinning
porpoise, spinning dolphin, spinner, Gray's spinner dolphin
[English]; toldolfyn [Afrikaans]; dauphin à ventre rose [French]
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Sarcopterygii (lobe-finned fish) > Stegocephalia
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cetaceans) > Whippomorpha > Cetacea (whales, dolphins and
porpoises) > Family: Delphinidae
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Spinner dolphins, Kealakekua Bay, Hawaii.. [photo Jim Scarff ©] |
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