Hector's Dolphin

Cephalorhynchus hectori

• Group: Dolphin
• IUCN status: EN

One of the smallest dolphins alive, Hector's dolphin sticks to shallow coastal water around New Zealand and hunts small fish and squid. Its numbers are low enough that the IUCN lists it as Endangered, with boat strikes and net entanglement the main threats.

Taxonomy: Animalia › Chordata › Mammalia › Cetartiodactyla › Delphinidae › Cephalorhynchus

Species data via the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), AphiaID 254979.