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Hector's dolphin

Cephalorhynchus hectori

Photo by Max Gallagher
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Field Notes

Description:

A very small dolphin with a rounded dorsal fin. This is the first time I have seen this dolphin in the Marlborough Sounds. Other times I have seen this dolphin are limited to various locations around Banks Peninsula.

Habitat:

Coastal marine

Notes:

- I do not yet know how to distinguish this from Maui's dolphin

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Marine Mammals of the World
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Aotearoa Marine and Coastal -South Island (NZ)

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PublishedOctober 26, 2014

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