Marine Mammals
Aside from the fascinating seabirds, marine mammals and fish often steal the show with amazing wildlife sightings. In my opinion some of my most memorable wildlife sightings on Texas Pelagics have been the marine mammals we’ve encountered. These photo galleries capture some of that excitement.
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MARINE MAMMALS (links to Photo albums) |
DISTRIBUTION & INFO PAGES |
| Suborder Mysticeti | |
| Family Balaenidae: Bowhead and right whales | |
| Northern Atlantic (Black) Right Whale (Eubalaena glacialis) | |
| Family Balaenopteridae: rorquals | |
| Bryde’s Whale (Balaenoptera edeni) | BRWHA PAGE |
| Suborder Odontoceti | |
| Family Delphinidae: oceanic dolphins | |
| Atlantic Spotted Dolphin (Stenella frontalis) | ASDOL PAGE |
| Striped Dolphin (Stenella caeruleoalba) | |
| Pantropical Spotted Dolphin (Stenella attenuata) | PSDOL PAGE |
| Clymene Spinner Dolphin (Stenella clymene) | CSDOL PAGE |
| Spinner Dolphin (Stenella longirostris) | SPDOL PAGE |
| Rough-Toothed Dolphin (Steno bredanensis) | RTDOL PAGE |
| Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops truncatus pelagic) | P-BODOL PAGE |
| Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops truncatus inshore) | |
| Fraser’s Dolphin (Lagenodelphis hosei) | |
| Pygmy Killer Whale (Feresa attenuata) | |
| Orca (Orcinus orca) | |
| Risso’s Dolphin / Grampus (Grampus griseus) | RIDOL PAGE |
| Short-Finned Pilot Whale (Globicephala macrorhyncha) | SFPWHA PAGE |
| Melon-headed Whale (Peponocephala electra) | MHWHA PAGE |
| Family Physeteridae: sperm whales | |
| Sperm Whale (Physeter macrocephalus) | SPWHA PAGE |
| Pygmy Sperm Whale (Kogia breviceps) | PSWHA PAGE |
| Dwarf Sperm Whale (Kogia simus) | |
| Family Ziphiidae: beaked whales | MESOWHA PAGE |
| Cuvier’s Beaked Whale (Ziphius cavirostris) |
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