Sealife guideThe atlantic white-sided dolphinLeucopleurus acutus
Last updated on 01/22/2026 at 10:06 PM
Taxonomy
English names
Atlantic white-sided dolphin
French namesDauphin à flancs blancs de l'Atlantique
Spanish namesDelfín de flancos blancos del Atlántico
Scientific nameLeucopleurus acutus (Gray, 1828)
FamilyDelphinidae
OrderCetacea
ClassMammalia
The atlantic white-sided dolphin (Leucopleurus acutus) © Chris Hill | Dreamstime.com
Within the same family
Commerson's dolphinCephalorhynchus commersonii
Common bottlenose dolphinTursiops truncatus
Indo-Pacific humpback dolphinSousa chinensis
Long-finned pilot whaleGlobicephala melas
Short-beaked common dolphinDelphinus delphis
Spinner dolphinStenella longirostris
Striped dolphinStenella coeruleoalba
White headed dolphinCephalorhynchus hectori
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Australian sea lionNeophoca cinerea
DugongDugong dugon
Dwarf minke whaleBalaenoptera acutorostrata
Fin whaleBalaenoptera physalus
Florida manateeTrichechus manatus latirostris
Southern right whaleEubalaena australis
Sperm whalePhyseter macrocephalus
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