Pacific white-sided dolphin
| Pacific white-sided dolphin | |
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| Size compared to an average human | |
CITES Appendix II
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Artiodactyla |
| Infraorder: | Cetacea |
| Family: | Delphinidae |
| Genus: | Aethalodelphis |
| Species: | A. obliquidens
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| Binomial name | |
| Aethalodelphis obliquidens (Gill, 1865)
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| Pacific white-sided dolphin range | |
The Pacific white-sided dolphin (Aethalodelphis obliquidens), also known as the hookfin porpoise, is an active dolphin found in the cool or temperate waters of the North Pacific Ocean.