WHITE-BEAKED DOLPHIN (T)
Lagenorhynchus albirostris Gray 1846
Other Common Names
White-beaked porpoise, squidhound (Newfoundland).
Description
White-beaked dolphins reach a maximum overall length of about 10 feet (3.1 m). The body is robust in form with a tall, uniformly dark-gray dorsal fin, and a short but distinct beak which, as the common name implies, is often light gray to white above and below, at least in European waters. The beak of animals in the western Atlantic populations is less frequently white. The back and sides are basically dark gray to black, and the belly is white to light gray.