The striped dolphin is an extensively researched dolphin found in temperate and tropical waters of all the world's oceans. It is a member of the oceanic dolphin family, Delphinidae.
Striped dolphin
A striped dolphin leaps in the Mediterranean Sea off Toulon
Striped dolphins jumping in the Gulf of Corinth
Small numbers of dolphins live nearby Gijón
A dolphin is an aquatic mammal within the infraorder Cetacea. Dolphin species belong to the families Delphinidae, Platanistidae, Iniidae, Pontoporiidae, and possibly extinct Lipotidae. There are 40 extant species named as dolphins.
A common bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus)
The face of a common bottlenose dolphin
A pod of Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphins in the Red Sea
Dolphins surfing at Snapper Rocks, Queensland, Australia