Risso's Dolphin Grampus griseus
Risso's Dolphin, Pinguino de Humboldt R.N., Chile, January 2007 - click for larger image Pinguino de Humboldt R.N., Chile
January 2007

At first I thought these were Bottlenose Dolphins Tursiops truncatus until I looked more closely at the dolphin just underwater. The blunt head rules out Bottlenose so I think that it can only be Risso's Dolphin.

See the page on ARKive.

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