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.

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Short-beaked Common Dolphin ¹
Delphinus delphis

Pygmy Killer Whale ²
Feresa attenuata

Short-finned Pilot Whale ³
Globicephala macrorhynchus

Risso's Dolphin ⁴
Grampus griseus

Fraser's Dolphin ⁵
Lagenodelphis hosei

Orca ⁶
Orcinus orca

Melon-headed Whale ⁷
Peponocephala electra

False Killer Whale ⁸
Pseudorca crassidens

Clymene Dolphin ⁹
Stenella clymene

Pantropical Spotted Dolphin ²
Stenella attenuata

Guyana Dolphin ¹⁰
Sotalia guianensis

Striped Dolphin ¹¹
Stenella coeruleoalba

Atlantic Spotted Dolphin ¹²
Stenella frontalis

Spinner Dolphin ¹³
Stenella longirostris

Rough-toothed Dolphin ³
Steno bredanensis

Common Bottlenose Dolphin ³
Tursiops truncatus

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

Short-beaked Common Dolphin 1 Delphinus delphis

Pygmy Killer Whale 2 Feresa attenuata

Short-finned Pilot Whale 3 Globicephala macrorhynchus

Risso's Dolphin 4 Grampus griseus

Fraser's Dolphin 5 Lagenodelphis hosei

Orca 6 Orcinus orca

Melon-headed Whale 7 Peponocephala electra

False Killer Whale 8 Pseudorca crassidens

Clymene Dolphin 9 Stenella clymene

Pantropical Spotted Dolphin 2 Stenella attenuata

Guyana Dolphin 10 Sotalia guianensis

Striped Dolphin 11 Stenella coeruleoalba

Atlantic Spotted Dolphin 12 Stenella frontalis

Spinner Dolphin 13 Stenella longirostris

Rough-toothed Dolphin 3 Steno bredanensis

Common Bottlenose Dolphin 3 Tursiops truncatus