Common Dolphin, Delphinus delphis

Plate 22. The Yellow-sided Dolphin, Delphinus novæ zealandiæ (now known as Common Dolphin, Delphinus delphis), found in Hobson's Bay

Scientific illustration of a Common Dolphin
PZ 21.5 - Illustration - Common Dolphin, Delphinus delphis, Arthur Bartholomew

This is the only dolphin, or "Bottle-nose," as sailors say, which I have noticed on the Victorian coasts. It not unfrequently visits Hobson's Bay, generally in August, and following shoals of Pilchards or other fish, on which it feeds.

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