Northern right whale dolphin

Lissodelphis borealis

LENGTH Up to 3 m / 9 ft

DORSAL FIN None, only dolphin species in the North Pacific without

APPEARANCE Slender bodies; mostly black with white on the belly and the tip of the rostrum (beak); very small pectoral flippers

BEHAVIOUR Extremely social, usually in large groups of 200+;

often leap clear of the water; may associate with other dolphin species

Photos by A. Phillips, DFO, R. Baird and R. Butler. Illustrations by A. Denbigh, not to scale.