What is Oceanic dolphin?
{{otheruses|the oceanic dolphins|the river dolphins|River dolphin}} {{Taxobox | name = Oceanic dolphin | fossil_range = late [[Miocene]] to Recent | image = PacificWhiteSidedDolphine.jpg | image_width = 250px | image_caption = [[Pacific white-sided dolphin]]s | regnum = [[Animal]]ia | phylum = [[Chordate|Chordata]] | classis = [[Mammal]]ia | ordo = [[Cetacea]] | subordo = [[Odontoceti]] | familia = '''Delphinidae''' | familia_authority = [[John Edward Gray|Gray]], 1821}} '''Oceanic dolphins''' are the members of the ''Delphinidae'' family, of the order [[Cetacea]]. They are aquatic [[mammal]]s. They are found worldwide, mostly in the shallower seas of the continental shelves. These [[dolphin]]s usually live in the open seas, unlike the [[river dolphin]]s. == Taxonomy == ** Family '''[[Delphinidae]]''' ** Genus ''[[Peponocephala]]'' *** [[Melon-headed whale]], ''Peponocephala electra'' ** Genus ''[[Orcinus]]'' *** [[Orca]] (Killer whale), ''Orcinus orca'' ** Genus ''[[Feresa]]'' *** [[Pygmy killer whale]], ''Feresa attenuata'' ** Genus ''[[Pseudorca]]'' *** [[False killer whale]], ''Pseudorca crassidens'' ** Genus ''Globicephala'': [[Pilot whale]]s *** [[Long-finned pilot whale]], ''Globicephala melas'' *** [[Short-finned pilot whale]], ''Globicephala macrorhynchus'' ** Genus ''[[Delphinus]]'' *** [[Long-beaked common dolphin]], ''Delphinus capensis'' *** [[Short-beaked common dolphin]], ''Delphinus delphis'' ** Genus ''[[Lissodelphis]]'' *** [[Northern rightwhale dolphin]], ''Lissodelphis borealis'' *** [[Southern rightwhale dolphin]], ''Lissodelphis peronii'' ** Genus ''[[Sotalia]]'' *** [[Tucuxi]], ''Sotalia fluviatilis'' ** Genus ''[[Sousa]]'' *** [[Pacific humpback dolphin]], ''Sousa chinensis'' *** [[Indian humpback dolphin]], ''Sousa plumbea'' *** [[Atlantic humpback dolphin]], ''Sousa teuszii'' ** Genus ''[[Stenella]]'' *** [[Atlantic spotted dolphin]], ''Stenella frontalis'' *** [[Clymene dolphin]], ''Stenella clymene'' *** [[Pantropical spotted dolphin]], ''Stenella attenuata'' *** [[Spinner dolphin]]