Pacific White-sided Dolphin
Lagenorhynchus obliquidens
Description: To 7'6" (2.3 m). Fusiform, cylindrical; head tapers continuously and smoothly to abbreviated dark beak. Back black, belly white, white or light gray stripe on both sides begins at forehead, curves over head, continues past dorsal fin, widening and curving toward anus, forming prominent light gray patch on flank. Narrow, dark stripe between corner of mouth and flipper, continuous with dark lips. Light gray zone on both sides from forehead to dorsal fin. Flippers gray with dark line from axil extending to dark area on flack. Dorsal fin tall, strongly falcate, base near middle of back, dark on forward third, remainder light gray. Flukes dark.
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