Bottlenose Dolphin Tursiops truncatus

Photo: Hans Smulders

Classification

Delphinidae [family]

Tursiops [genus] (1)

Tursiops [genus] (1)

Recorded on	Aruba
	Bonaire
	Klein Bonaire
	Curaçao
	Saba
	Saba Bank
	Sint Eustatius
	Sint Maarten

Presence status	Indigenous (1) - Aruba
	Indigenous (1) - Bonaire
	Indigenous (1) - Klein Bonaire
	Indigenous (1) - Curaçao
	Indigenous (1) - Saba
	Indigenous (1) - Saba Bank
	Indigenous (1) - Sint Eustatius
	Indigenous (1) - Sint Maarten

Distribution description	Primary range in the Caribbean Sea.

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