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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.

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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

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