Marine Mammals in Jamaican Waters

Common Name

Scientific Name

Atlantic Spotted Dolphin

Stenella frontalis

Blainville’s Beaked Whale

Mesoplodon densirostris

Bottlenose Dolphin

Tursiops truncatus

Bryde’s Whale

Balaenoptera brydei

Clymene Dolphin

Stenella clymene

Common Dolphin

Delphinus delphis / capensis

Cuvier’s Beaked Whale

Ziphius cavirostris

Dwarf Sperm Whale

Kogia simus

False Killer Whale

Pseudorca crassidens

Fin Whale

Balaenoptera physalus

Fraser’s Dolphin

Lagenodelphis hosei

Gervais’ Beaked Whale

Mesoplodon europaeus

Humpback Whale

Megaptera novaengliae

Killer Whale

Orcinus orca

Melon-headed whale

Peponocephala electra

Minke Whale

Balaenoptera acutorostrata

Pantropical Spotted Dolphin

Stenella attenuata

Pygmy Killer Whale

Feresa attenuata

Pygmy Sperm Whale

Kogia breviceps

Risso’s Dolphin

Grampus griseus

Rough-toothed Dolphin

Steno bredanensis

Sei Whale

Balaenoptera borealis

Short-finned Pilot Whale

Globicephala macrorhynchus

Sperm Whale

Physeter macrocephalus

Spinner Dolphin

Stenella longirostris

Striped Dolphin

Stenella coeruleoalba

True’s Beaked Whale

Mesoplodon mirus

West Indian Manatee

Trichechus manatus

For more information please see:

Source:

Ward, Natalie et al. 'Elements for the Development of Marine Mammal Action Plan for the Wider Caribbean: A Review of Marine Mammal Distribution. Boston University: USA.




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