The Atlantic white-sided dolphin (Lagenorhynchus acutus or Leucopleurus acutus) is a distinctively coloured dolphin found in the cool to temperate waters of the North Atlantic Ocean.
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Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Atlantic White-sided Dolphin being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Cephalorhynchus australis
- Lagenorhynchus albirostris
- Aethalodelphis obscurus
- Aethalodelphis obliquidens
- Delphinus delphis
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Mammalia
- Order
- Artiodactyla
- Family
- Delphinidae
- Genus
- Leucopleurus
- Species
- Leucopleurus acutus
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