Whales · La Saladita, Guerrero

Common Dolphin

Delphinus delphis

Spanish: Delfín común

Common Dolphin (Delphinus delphis)
Photographed by anudibranchmom on iNaturalist · CC-BY-NC · taken in Monterey Bay, California, USA, not near La Saladita

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. There are more short-beaked common dolphins than any other dolphin species in the warm-temperate portions of the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. It is also found in the Caribbean and Mediterranean Seas. The...

TaxonomyMammalia › Artiodactyla › Delphinidae
Local recordsNot recorded by research-grade iNaturalist observations within about 50 km; listed from the site's curated guide
Global records12,473 on iNaturalist

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Cite as: “Common Dolphin (Delphinus delphis) at La Saladita”, La Saladita Field Guide, lasaladita.com/species/delphinus-delphis/, updated 2026-09-26. Observation counts and months come from iNaturalist research-grade records within about 50 km of 17.8375°N, 101.7606°W (the survey box also takes in Zihuatanejo, Ixtapa and Troncones); summary text from Wikipedia where present.