White-Beaked DolphinAtlantic White-Sided Dolphin
TEETH
22-28 per side per jaw.30-40 per side per jaw,sometimes more in upperjaw.
COLORATION
Beak sometimes gray orwhite above and below; twopale areas visible on livinganimals not visible on strandedspecimens.Beak all black; side markedwith elongated areas ofwhite with streaking patternsof yellow and tan.

Additional characteristics by which the two species may be distinguished are summarized on p. [123].




ATLANTIC BOTTLENOSED DOLPHIN (T)
Tursiops truncatus (Montague 1821)

Other Common Names