Below is a list of some of the many whales and dolphins which are known to visit our seas. Not all of them play in shallow water however. Many of the bigger ones prefer to remain at the edges of deepwater trenches and are rarely seen close inshore, though they may be viewed by those at sea. Keep your eyes open for these rare offshore sightings!

MYSTICETI

BALEEN WHALES

BALAENIDAE	RIGHT WHALES
Balaena glacialis	Great Right Whale
B. mysticetus	Bowhead Whale
Caperea marginata	Pygmy Right Whale
ESCHRICHTIDAE
Eschrichtius robustus	Grey Whale

BALAENOPTERIDAE	RORQUAL WHALES
Balaenoptera physalus	Fin Whale
B. musculus	Blue Whale
B. acutorostrata	Piked Whale, Minke Whale
B. borealis	Sei Whale
B. edeni	Tropical Whale, (Bryde's W.)
Megaptera novaeangliae	Humpback Whale

ODONTOCETI

TOOTHED WHALES

ZIPHIIDAE	BEAKED WHALES
Tasmacetus shepherdi	Tasman Whale (Shepherd's W.)
Berardius bairdii	Northern Fourtooth Whale
Berardius arnuxii	Southern Fourtooth Whale
Ziphius cavirostris	Goosebeak Whale (Cuvier's W.)
Hyperoodon ampullatus	Northern Bottlenose Whale
H. planifrons	Southern Bottlenose Whale
Indopacetus pacificus	Indopacific Beaked Whale
Mesoplodon hectori	Skew Beaked Whale
M. mirus	Wonderful Beaked Whale
M. europaeus	Gulf Stream Beaked Whale
M. carlhubbsi	Arch Beaked Whale
M. ginkgodens	Japanese Beaked Whale
M. grayi	Scamperdown Beaked Whale
M. stejnegri	Bering Sea Beaked Whale
M. bowdoini	Splaytooth Beaked Whale
M. densirostris	Dense Beaked Whale
M. bidens	North Sea Beaked Whale
M. layardii	Straptooth Beaked Whale

PLATANISTIDAE	RIVER DOLPHINS
Platanista gangetica	Ganges River Dolphin (Susu)
P. minor	Indus River Dolphin (Indus Susu)
Lipotes vexillifer	Yangtse River Dolphin (Bai ji)
Inia geoffrensis	Amazon River Dolphin (Inia)
Pontoporia blainvillei	La Plata River Dolphin (Fransiscana)

MONODONTIDAE
Monodon monoceros	Unicorn Whale (Narwhal)
Delphinapterus leucas	White Whale (Beluga)

PHYSETERIDAE	SPERM WHALES
Physeter macrocephalus	Great Sperm Whale
Kogia breviceps	Pygmy Sperm Whale
K. simus	Dwarf Sperm Whale

STENIDAE	COASTAL DOLPHINS
Steno bradanensis	Roughttooth Dolphin
Sousa chinensis	Indopacific Humpback Dolphin (Chinese White Dolphin)
S. teuszil	Atlantic Humpback Dolphin (Cameroon Dolphin)
Sotalia fluviatilis	Estuarine Dolphin (Tucuxi)

PHOCOENIDAE	PORPOISES
Phocoena phocoena	Common Porpoise (Harbour P.)
P. spinipinnis	Black Porpoise
P. dioptrica	Spectacled Porpoise
P. sinus	Gulf Porpoise (Cochito)
Neophocaena phocaenoides	Finless Porpoise
Phocoenoides dalli	Spray Porpoise (Dall's P.)

GLOBICEPHALIDAE	KILLER and PILOT WHALES
Globicephala melaena	Longfin Pilot Whale
G. macrorhynchus	Shortfin Pilot Whale
Orcinus orca	Great Killer Whale (Orca)
Pseudorca crassidens	False Killer Whale
Feresa attenuata	Pygmy Killer Whale
Peponocephala electra	Melonhead Whale - Mozambique only

DELPHINIDAE
Lagenorhynchus albirostris	Whitebeak Dolphin
L. acutus	Atlantic Whiteside Dolphin
L. obliquidens	Pacific Whiteside Dolphin
L. obscurus	Dusky Dolphin
L. cruciger	Hourglass Dolphin
L. australis	Blackchin Dolphin
Lagenodelphis hosei	Shortsnout Dolphin
Lissodelphis peronii	Southern Rightwhale Dolphin
L. borealis	Northern Rightwhale Dolphin
Cephallorhynchus commersonii	Piebald Dolphin (Commerson's D.)
C. eutropia	Chilean Dolphin (Black D.)
C. heavisidii	Benguela Dolphin
C. hectori	New Zealand Dolphin
Grampus griseus	Grey Dolphin (Risso's D.)
Orcaella brevirostris	Snubfin Dolphin
Stenella longirostris	Spinner Dolphin
S. clymene	Helmet Dolphin
S. coeruloalba	Striped Dolphin
S. attenuata	Bridled Dolphin (Cuvier's D.)
S. plagiodon	Spotted Dolphin
Delphinus delphis	Common Dolphin
Tursiops truncatus	Bottlenose Dolphin