Taxonomy
See also: List of dolphins- Suborder Odontoceti
- Superfamily Delphinoidea
- Family Delphinidae
- Genus Peponocephala
- Melon-headed whale, Peponocephala electra
- Genus Orcinus
- Orca (killer whale), Orcinus orca
- Orcinus citoniensis †
- Genus Feresa
- Pygmy killer whale, Feresa attenuata
- Genus Pseudorca
- False killer whale, Pseudorca crassidens
- Genus Globicephala
- Long-finned pilot whale, Globicephala melas
- Short-finned pilot whale, Globicephala macrorhynchus
- Genus Delphinus
- Long-beaked common dolphin, Delphinus capensis
- Short-beaked common dolphin, Delphinus delphis
- Genus Lissodelphis
- Northern right whale dolphin, Lissodelphis borealis
- Southern right whale dolphin, Lissodelphis peronii
- Genus Sotalia
- Tucuxi, Sotalia fluviatilis
- Costero, Sotalia guianensis
- Genus Sousa
- Pacific humpback dolphin, Sousa chinensis
- Indian humpback dolphin, Sousa plumbea
- Atlantic humpback dolphin, Sousa teuszii
- Genus Stenella
- Atlantic spotted dolphin, Stenella frontalis
- Clymene dolphin, Stenella clymene
- Pantropical spotted dolphin, Stenella attenuata
- Spinner dolphin, Stenella longirostris
- Striped dolphin, Stenella coeruleoalba
- Genus Steno
- Rough-toothed dolphin, Steno bredanensis
- Genus Tursiops
- Common bottlenose dolphin, Tursiops truncatus
- Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphin, Tursiops aduncus
- Burrunan dolphin, Tursiops australis
- Genus Cephalorhynchus
- Chilean dolphin, Cephalorhynchus eutropia
- Commerson's dolphin, Cephalorhynchus commersonii
- Heaviside's dolphin, Cephalorhynchus heavisidii
- Hector's dolphin, Cephalorhynchus hectori
- Genus Grampus
- Risso's dolphin, Grampus griseus
- Genus Lagenodelphis
- Fraser's dolphin, Lagenodelphis hosei
- Genus Lagenorhynchus
- Atlantic white-sided dolphin, Lagenorhynchus acutus
- Dusky dolphin, Lagenorhynchus obscurus
- Hourglass dolphin, Lagenorhynchus cruciger
- Pacific white-sided dolphin, Lagenorhynchus obliquidens
- Peale's dolphin, Lagenorhynchus australis
- White-beaked dolphin, Lagenorhynchus albirostris
- Genus Orcaella
- Irrawaddy dolphin, Orcaella brevirostris
- Australian snubfin dolphin, Orcaella heinsohni
- Genus †Australodelphis
- †Australodelphis mirus
- Genus †Etruridelphis
- †Etruridelphis giulii
- Genus Peponocephala
- Family Delphinidae
- Superfamily Delphinoidea
Recent molecular analyses indicate that several delphinid genera (especially Stenella and Lagenorhynchus) are not monophyletic as currently recognized. Thus, the coming years will likely see significant taxonomic revisions within the family.
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