Short-beaked common dolphin
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Order:	Artiodactyla
Family:	Delphinidae
Genus:	Delphinus
Species:	D. delphis
Binomial name
Delphinus delphis Linnaeus, 1758
Subspecies
D. d. delphis D. d. ponticus
Range of short-beaked common dolphin
Synonyms
Delphinus albimanus Peale, 1848 Delphinus algeriensis Loche, 1860 Delphinus delphus Linnaeus, 1758 Delphinus forsteri Gray, 1846 Delphinus fulvifasciatus Wagner, 1846 Delphinus fulvofasciatus True, 1889 Delphinus janira Gray, 1846 Delphinus loriger Wiegmann, 1846 Delphinus marginatus Lafont, 1868 Delphinus novaezealandiae Gray, 1850 Delphinus novaezeelandiae Wagner, 1846 Delphinus novaezelandiae Quoy & Gaimard, 1830 Delphinus vulgaris Lacépède, 1804 Delphinus zelandae Gray, 1853

The short-beaked common dolphin (Delphinus delphis) is one of the two species of the genus, Delphinus. It is found in warm temperate and tropical waters of the Atlantic and Pacific Ocean. It is also found in the Caribbean and the Mediterranean Sea.