Pictures and facts about the Pacific white-sided dolphin

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Pacific white-sided dolphin

Order : Cetacea
Suborder : Odontoceti
Family : Delphinidae
Species : Lagenorhynchus obliquidens

 

The Pacific white-sided dolphin is listed as Least Concern (LR/lc), lowest risk. Does not qualify for a more at risk category. Widespread and abundant taxa are included in this category, on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species

Facts about the Pacific white-sided dolphin

) The Pacific White-sided Dolphin is extremely similar morphologically to the Dusky Dolphin, which is found in the southern part of the Pacific.

Appearance and Behaviour Pacific White-Sided Dolphins are usually 2.

The Pacific White-Sided Dolphin is found in deep offshore temperate waters of the northern North Pacific Ocean.

One out of six Lagenorhynchus members, Lagenorhynchus obliquidens, is an example of circumboreal distribution. (Full text)

Pelagic Pacific white-sided dolphins are restricted to the temperate Northern Pacific Ocean. (Full text)

COLOR The Pacific white-sided dolphin is attractively marked. (Full text)

NATURAL HISTORY Pacific white-sided dolphins are often found in large herds of 90 to 100. (Full text)

The Pacific white-sided dolphin is particularly lively and is often identified by its splashes which can be seen long before the animal itself is seen. (Full text)

Biology and Behaviour Habitat: Lagenorhynchus obliquidens is mainly found offshore, as far as the edge of the continental shelf, but does come closer to shore where there is deep water, such as over submarine canyons (Carwardine, 1995). (Full text)

This Pacific white-sided dolphin, Lagenorhynchus obliquidens, is seen playing with a piece of drift kelp. (Full text)

Because of their striking black and white colorings, Pacific white-sided dolphins are often mistaken for baby killer whales. (Full text)

Pacific White-sided Dolphins are rare visitors to Haro Strait, the research area of the EARTHWATCH project Orca Survey. (Full text)

Range Pacific white-sided dolphins are perhaps the most abundant dolphin in the North Pacific. (Full text)

When fully grown, the Pacific white-sided dolphin is about 2. (Full text)

The Pacific White Sided Dolphin is generally found in large herds, sometimes as big as several thousand individual animals. (Full text)

Pacific White-sided dolphins are one of the more acrobatic and social of the "lags", dolphins that have a short, blunt rostrum. (Full text)

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2. interim, lag -- (the time between one event, process, or period and another)
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3. stave, lag -- (one of several thin pieces of wood forming the sides of a barrel or bucket)
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