Short-beaked common dolphin  (Delphinus delphis)

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Range

Occurs in all tropical, subtropical and warm temperate seas (6). Common, with a wide distribution in the eastern north Atlantic Ocean. Around the UK it is abundant in the western approaches to the English Channel, west of Ireland, in the southern Irish Sea and in the vicinity of the Inner Hebrides, reaching as far north as Skye (4).

You can view distribution information for this species at the National Biodiversity Network Gateway.

Habitat

Prefers waters that have a surface temperature higher than 10°C (7). It is less commonly seen in water shallower than 180m (8).

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