southern right whale dolphin (Lissodelphis peronii) Southern right whale dolphins porpoising
Description
English: Southern right whale dolphins.
Date 2008 Austral summer
Source NOAA Photo Library: anim0796 http://www.flickr.com/photos/noaaphotolib/5019926305/
Author Lieutenant Elizabeth Crapo, NOAA Corps.
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Anim0796_-_Flickr_-_NOAA_Photo_Library.jpg
The southern right whale dolphin (Lissodelphis peronii) is a small and slender species of mammal found in cool waters of the Southern Hemisphere. The dolphin is one of two species of right whale dolphin; Lissodelphis, the other, the northern right whale dolphin, is found in deep oceans of the Northern Hemisphere.