Description Delphinus delphis
Date 1885
Source Transactions of the Zoological Society of London v. 11 https://archive.org/details/transactionsofzo11zool
Author C.Berjeau
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Delphinus_delphis.jpg

The short-beaked common dolphin (Delphinus delphis) is a species of common dolphin. It has a larger range than the long-beaked common dolphin (D. capensis), occurring throughout warm-temperate and tropical oceans, including the Indian Ocean although in smaller quantities than other places they are found. Order: Artiodactyla, Infraorder: Cetacea, Family: Delphinidae, Genus: Delphinus, Species: Delphinus delphis (Linnaeus, 1758).