Common Dolphin

Delphinus delphis Linnaeus

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Length: 7 feet.
Description: Beak longer and narrower than in the preceding. Colour variable; back, fin and tail black, under parts white, sides gray. The black descends on the sides to about the middle, and there is a black ring around the eye and a black line to the beak. There is usually a dusky band from the jaw to the flipper and one or two stripes on the sides. Teeth 47 to 50 above, and 46 to 51 below.
Range: Pelagic. Apparently not common on our coasts, but has been taken in New York Harbour, Wood's Hole, etc.