Hi,

I am new on this forum so I start saying hello to all the members!
I hope I will learn a lot reading your messages :)

Anyway, I write to ask about a strange dolphin I saw a month ago between Tenerife and La Gomera (Canary Islands). It was together with a group of more than 40 short-beaked common dolphins and I saw it from the fast (not the fastest!) ferry that links the 2 islands, so that's the only picture I managed to take. The animal reminds me a Long-beaked common dolphin, but it doesn't match all the features. I think long-beaked have never been sighted in the Canaries and looking at the internet, I've found there are some hybrids. I am aware of the variability of short-beaked common dolphins, but I've never seen an animal like that...
You can see a picture at: https://www.dropbox.com/s/5kz148v5drxnrld/delphinus%20sp..jpg

Does anyone have seen similar dolphins?

Many thanks!
 
Marcel
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