Suborder: Odontoceti Family: Delphinidae
Sightings in Madeira
July to September
ID characteristics
Dark, narrow cape, sometimes not easily distinguished from its grey bluish flanks. White to pinkish underbody Conical head shape and long, dark, reptilian body Falcate to triangular dorsal fin, highly erect
Long beak smoothly prolonged from forehead with conspicuous white or pink mouth line, lower jaw and tip
