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The Aquatic Life of Panama's Pacific Coast and Caribbean Sea

Panama is not only a rich in terrestrial biodiversity in its coastal rainforests, the Caribbean Sea and the Pacific Ocean surrounding the Panamanian isthmus is also teeming with exotic fish, whale, dolphins, sharks and a huge diversity of other remarkable sea creatures.

On the Pacific ...more ↓

West Indian Manatee 1
Trichechus manatus
Minke Whale 2
Balaenoptera acutorostrata
Sei Whale 3
Balaenoptera borealis
Eden's Whale 4
Balaenoptera edeni
Humpback Whale 5
Megaptera novaeangliae
Blue Whale 6
Balaenoptera musculus
Short-beaked Common Dolphin 7
Delphinus delphis
Pygmy Killer Whale 4
Feresa attenuata
Short-finned Pilot Whale 8
Globicephala macrorhynchus
Risso's Dolphin 9
Grampus griseus
Fraser's Dolphin 10
Lagenodelphis hosei
Orca 11
Orcinus orca
Melon-headed Whale 12
Peponocephala electra
False Killer Whale 13
Pseudorca crassidens
Clymene Dolphin 14
Stenella clymene
Pantropical Spotted Dolphin 4
Stenella attenuata
Guyana Dolphin 15
Sotalia guianensis
Striped Dolphin 16
Stenella coeruleoalba
Atlantic Spotted Dolphin 17
Stenella frontalis
Spinner Dolphin 18
Stenella longirostris
Rough-toothed Dolphin 8
Steno bredanensis
Common Bottlenose Dolphin 8
Tursiops truncatus
Sperm Whale 19
Physeter macrocephalus
Dwarf Sperm Whale 20
Kogia sima
Pygmy Sperm Whale 21
Kogia breviceps
Gervais' Beaked Whale 22
Mesoplodon europaeus
Ginkgo-toothed Beaked Whale 23
Mesoplodon ginkgodens
Peruvian Beaked Whale 4
Mesoplodon peruvianus
Cuvier's Beaked Whale 24
Ziphius cavirostris
Hammerhead Sharks 25
Sphyrna
Tiger Shark 26
Galeocerdo cuvier
Common Blacktip Shark 27
Carcharhinus limbatus
Whitetip Reef Shark 28
Triaenodon obesus
Leatherback Sea Turtle 29
Dermochelys coriacea
Sea Turtles 30
Chelonioidea
Whale Shark 31
Rhincodon typus
Loggerhead Sea Turtle 32
Caretta caretta
Hawksbill Sea Turtle 33
Eretmochelys imbricata
Green Sea Turtle 34
Chelonia mydas

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