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)
(Eubalaena australis)

Dwarf minke whale
(Balaenoptera acutorostrata)
(Balaenoptera acutorostrata)

Fin whale
(Balaenoptera physalus)
(Balaenoptera physalus)

Humpback whale
(Megaptera novaeangliae)
(Megaptera novaeangliae)

Atlantic spotted dolphin
(Stenella frontalis)
(Stenella frontalis)

Common bottlenose dolphin
(Tursiops truncatus)
(Tursiops truncatus)

Rissos dolphin
(Grampus griseus)
(Grampus griseus)

Short-beaked common dolphin
(Delphinus delphis)
(Delphinus delphis)

Spinner dolphin
(Stenella longirostris)
(Stenella longirostris)

Striped dolphin
(Stenella coeruleoalba)
(Stenella coeruleoalba)

White headed dolphin
(Cephalorhynchus hectori)
(Cephalorhynchus hectori)

Gray whale
(Eschrichtius robustus)
(Eschrichtius robustus)

Amazon river dolphin
(Inia geoffrensis)
(Inia geoffrensis)

Beluga
(Delphinapterus leucas)
(Delphinapterus leucas)

Narwhal
(Monodon monoceros)
(Monodon monoceros)

Sperm whale
(Physeter macrocephalus)
(Physeter macrocephalus)
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(Flabellina affinis)
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