Scott Hanko
Dolphins & Tuna
The short-beaked common dolphin (Delphinus delphis) is a species of common dolphin. It has a larger range than the long-beaked common dolphin (D. capensis), occurring throughout warm-temperate and tropical oceans, with the possible exception of the Indian Ocean. There are more short-beaked common dolphins than any other dolphin species in the warm-temperate portions of the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. It is also found in the Caribbean and Mediterranean Seas.
Frolicking on the surface, short-beaked common dolphins (Delphinus delphis) are accompanied by yellowfin tuna (Thunnus albacares) in the eastern tropical Pacific. The feeding frenzy of the large tuna drives schools of smaller fish toward the surface, and all the commotion attracts red-footed boobies (Sula sula) that plunge into the sea to nab fish.
American Museum of Natural History, New York City, NY.
Dolphins & Tuna
The short-beaked common dolphin (Delphinus delphis) is a species of common dolphin. It has a larger range than the long-beaked common dolphin (D. capensis), occurring throughout warm-temperate and tropical oceans, with the possible exception of the Indian Ocean. There are more short-beaked common dolphins than any other dolphin species in the warm-temperate portions of the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. It is also found in the Caribbean and Mediterranean Seas.
Frolicking on the surface, short-beaked common dolphins (Delphinus delphis) are accompanied by yellowfin tuna (Thunnus albacares) in the eastern tropical Pacific. The feeding frenzy of the large tuna drives schools of smaller fish toward the surface, and all the commotion attracts red-footed boobies (Sula sula) that plunge into the sea to nab fish.
American Museum of Natural History, New York City, NY.