title: Oceanic dolphin
text: Oceanic dolphins are the members of the Delphinidae family, of the order Cetacea. They are aquatic mammals. They are found worldwide, mostly in the shallower seas of the continental shelves. These dolphins usually live in the open seas, unlike the river dolphins.
  
  Taxonomy 
   Family Delphinidae
   Genus Peponocephala
   Melon-headed whale, Peponocephala electra
   Genus Orcinus
   Orca (Killer whale), Orcinus orca
   Genus Feresa
   Pygmy killer whale, Feresa attenuata
   Genus Pseudorca
   False killer whale, Pseudorca crassidens
   Genus Globicephala: Pilot whales
   Long-finned pilot whale, Globicephala melas
   Short-finned pilot whale, Globicephala macrorhynchus
   Genus Delphinus
   Long-beaked common dolphin, Delphinus capensis
   Short-beaked common dolphin, Delphinus delphis
   Genus Lissodelphis
   Northern rightwhale dolphin, Lissodelphis borealis
   Southern rightwhale dolphin, Lissodelphis peronii
   Genus Sotalia
   Tucuxi, Sotalia fluviatilis
   Genus Sousa
   Pacific humpback dolphin, Sousa chinensis
   Indian humpback dolphin, Sousa plumbea
   Atlantic humpback dolphin, Sousa teuszii
   Genus Stenella
   Atlantic spotted dolphin, Stenella frontalis
   Clymene dolphin, Stenella clymene
   Pantropical spotted dolphin, Stenella attenuata
   Spinner dolphin, Stenella longirostris
   Striped dolphin, Stenella coeruleoalba
   Genus Steno
   Rough-toothed dolphin, Steno bredanensis
   Genus Tursiops: Bottlenose dolphins
   Common bottlenose dolphin, Tursiops truncatus
   Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphin
   Genus Cephalorhynchus
   Chilean dolphin, Cephalorhynchus eutropia
   Commerson's dolphin, Cephalorhynchus commersonii
   Heaviside's dolphin, Cephalorhynchus heavisidii
   Hector's dolphin, Cephalorhynchus hectori
   Genus Grampus
   Risso's dolphin, Grampus griseus
   Genus Lagenodelphis
   Fraser's dolphin, Lagenodelphis hosei
   Genus Lagenorhynchus
   Atlantic white-sided dolphin, Lagenorhynchus acutus
   Dusky dolphin, Lagenorhynchus obscurus
   Hourglass dolphin, Lagenorhynchus cruciger
   Pacific white-sided dolphin, Lagenorhynchus obliquidens
   Peale's dolphin, Lagenorhynchus australis
   White-beaked dolphin, Lagenorhynchus albirostris
   Genus Orcaella
   Irrawaddy dolphin, Orcaella brevirostris
   Australian snubfin dolphin, Orcaella heinsohni
  
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