Sealife guideThe Cetacea orderThe taxonomy of marine species

Explore the taxonomy of the sea vertebrates including the cetaceans like the whales or the dolphins, the sea birds, the fish, the sharks and the sea turtles !

Southern right whale
(Eubalaena australis)

Dwarf minke whale
(Balaenoptera acutorostrata)

Fin whale
(Balaenoptera physalus)

Humpback whale
(Megaptera novaeangliae)

Atlantic spotted dolphin
(Stenella frontalis)

Atlantic white-sided dolphin
(Leucopleurus acutus)

Commerson's dolphin
(Cephalorhynchus commersonii)

Common bottlenose dolphin
(Tursiops truncatus)

False killer whale
(Pseudorca crassidens)

Indo-Pacific humpback dolphin
(Sousa chinensis)

Pacific white-sided dolphin
(Sagmatias obliquidens)

Risso's dolphin
(Grampus griseus)

Short-beaked common dolphin
(Delphinus delphis)

Spinner dolphin
(Stenella longirostris)

Striped dolphin
(Stenella coeruleoalba)

White headed dolphin
(Cephalorhynchus hectori)

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Langouste brésilienne
(Panulirus guttatus)