By Melissa Bañuelos
Part II
To continue the first chapter…
Common Dolphin: They are colorful dolphins with complex patterns. Their belly is white and their back is dark gray to black from the head to the tail, forming a V on the sides. The flanks are light gray behind the dorsal fin, just like an “hourglass”. Despite its name, the common dolphin is not the popular dolphin, that place, as we have seen is for the bottlenose dolphin.
Commerson’s Dolphin: Described by Philibert Commerson, this is one of the smallest dolphin species. These dolphins are found in South America waters and the Indian Ocean. Even though they look like porpoises and have white-black patterns, they are part of the dolphin family.
Clymene Dolphin: They are similar to spinner dolphins, but smaller and more robust, with shorter beak. They have a three-shade color pattern with a dark gray cape, light gray sides, and white belly. They have a dark strip on the middle of the top of the beak.
Dusky Dolphin: they have a white grayish band on both sides that forms tow pointing blazes and a light colored face. They are found on the Southern Hemisphere, specially in South America, New Zealand, Indic Ocean and South Africa.
Fraser’s Dolphin: Fraser’s dolphin has blue-grey upper sides, and has a white or pink belly. Some of them, especially the males, have highlighted dark body stripe; the width and intensity of the stripe increases with age. They have a well-defined and short beak.
Comming soon! The Huge Gang of Dolphins 3!