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Tursiops truncatus & Tursiops gilli

Atlantic Bottlenose

 

Atlantic Bottlenose, top;

Pacific Bottlenose, mid & bottom

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ATLANTIC & PACIFIC BOTTLENOSE DOLPHINS

Common in small pods in warm & temperate coastal waters.  Most taxonomists recognize regional populations at the species level.  Pacific Bottlenose dolphins are larger, darker, with strongly raked fins.  The Atlantic Bottlenose is most widely in use at marine parks and aquariums.  Tursiops gilli considered by some as a synonym of T. truncatus.