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Dark grey cape                                      Triangular , erect and slightly
                                                                                              forward in Eastern and cen-
Long and slender beak -                                                                      tral-American spinner dolphins
dark on top, light on the
                                                                                                                                      Petite and slender body
          bottom

  Dark band between                                                                          Distinct tripartite – three banded    Males may have a bulge, or
upper jaw and eye, and                                                                       colouring with parallel bands of     keel on the underside toward
                                                                                                                                 the tail – this is much more pro-
                                                                                                        very pale belly          nounced in the Eastern spinner

                        with pointed tips: dark                                                                                                dolphin
                          on top and bottom

*Note: 'Illustrations reproduced with permission from the International Whaling Commission”

                                                                                             © A.Willson/ESO, 2012

                                                                                             © A.Willson/ESO, 2012

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