TOOTHED WHALES IN HAWAII

Ocean Dolphins:

Spinner Dolphin (Stenella longirostris) *

Pantropical Spotted Dolphin (Stenella attenuate) *

Striped Dolphin (Stenella coeruleoalba) ***

Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops truncates) *

Rough-toothed Dolphin (Steno bredanensis) *

Fraser’s Dolphin (Lagenodelphis hosei) ***

Killer Whale (Orcinus orca) ***

False Killer Whale (Pseudorca crassidence) *

Pygmy Killer Whale (Feresa attenuate) **?

Melon-headed Whale (Peponocephala electra) **?

Short-finned Pilot Whale (Globicephala mecrorhynchus) *

Beaked Whales:

Cuvier’s Beaked Whale (Ziphius cavirostris) *?

Blainville’s Beaked Whale (Mesoplodon densirostris) *?

Sperm Whales:

Sperm Whale (Phseter macrocephalus)

Pygmy Sperm Whale (Kogia breviceps)

Dwarf Sperm Whale (Kogia simus)

BALEEN WHALES IN HAWAII

Rorquals:

Humpback Whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) **

Fin Whale (Balaenoptera physalus) **

Minke Whale (Balaenoptera acutorostrata) **

* Species found here year long

*? Possible year round presence

** Seasonal Migrators

*** Intermittent