Sealife guideThe pacific white-sided dolphinSagmatias obliquidens

Last updated on 01/22/2026 at 12:03 AM
Taxonomy
English names Pacific white-sided dolphin
French namesDauphin à flancs blancs du Pacifique
Spanish namesDelfín de costados blancos del Pacífico
Scientific nameSagmatias obliquidens (Gill, 1865)
FamilyDelphinidae
OrderCetacea
ClassMammalia
Within the same family
Atlantic spotted dolphin
Atlantic spotted dolphinStenella frontalis
Commerson's dolphin
Commerson's dolphinCephalorhynchus commersonii
False killer whale
False killer whalePseudorca crassidens
Indo-Pacific humpback dolphin
Indo-Pacific humpback dolphinSousa chinensis
Long-finned pilot whale
Long-finned pilot whaleGlobicephala melas
Short-beaked common dolphin
Short-beaked common dolphinDelphinus delphis
Spinner dolphin
Spinner dolphinStenella longirostris
Striped dolphin
Striped dolphinStenella coeruleoalba
Discover also
Amazon river dolphin
Amazon river dolphinInia geoffrensis
Antarctic fur seal
Antarctic fur sealArctocephalus gazella
Australian sea lion
Australian sea lionNeophoca cinerea
Dugong
DugongDugong dugon
Dwarf minke whale
Dwarf minke whaleBalaenoptera acutorostrata
Florida manatee
Florida manateeTrichechus manatus latirostris
Gray whale
Gray whaleEschrichtius robustus
Southern right whale
Southern right whaleEubalaena australis
The marine species in the North Pacific
Blotchy swell shark
Blotchy swell sharkCephaloscyllium umbratile
Glassy tunicate
Glassy tunicateAscidia paratropa
Japanese bullhead shark
Japanese bullhead sharkHeterodontus japonicus
North Pacific giant octopus
North Pacific giant octopusEnteroctopus dofleini
Ochre sea star
Ochre sea starPisaster ochraceus
Rhinoceros auklet
Rhinoceros aukletCerorhinca monocerata
Spiny pink scallop
Spiny pink scallopChlamys hastata
Vermillion sea star
Vermillion sea starMediaster aequalis

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