16 March 2019

Cape Verde Dolphin ID help

Does anyone have any thoughts about the ID of this dolphin, seen recently by Vincent Legrand in with a pod of Rough-toothed off of Cape Verde?

And here is a Rough-toothed Dolphin for comparison.

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7 Comments

  • 16 March 2019
    Morten

    Could be striped or Atlantic spotted. Is there any description that can add details?

    • 16 March 2019
      Jon Hall

      I will ask. He did mention those two species as candidates. Also Clymene …

      • 16 March 2019
        Morten

        I would not think Clymene, that light grey blaze running up from near the eye towards the dorsal fin doesn’t fit well, also the dorsal fin shape is not spot on. An un-spotted spotted is my no. 1 guess …

  • 16 March 2019
    Jeroen Verhoeff

    Yes, spotless, I think subadult atlantic spotted dolphin too. When I crossed the Atlantic once I saw quite a few of them and often I spotted more unspotted spotted dolphins than spotted spotted dolphins, on that spot…

  • 16 March 2019
    jeroen

    Yes, spotless, I think subadult atlantic spotted dolphin too. When I crossed the Atlantic once I saw quite a few of them and often I spotted more unspotted spotted dolphins than spotted spotted dolphins, on that spot…

  • 16 March 2019
    Vincent Legrand

    Thank you guys for the comments.
    Indeed there was a great chance that it was effectively a ‘unspotted’ Spotted Dolphin.
    Atlantic or Pantropical for a birder, I can only say, it’s difficult to me but the day before we had a pod of Spotted Dolphin at less than 15km from this spot.

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