The Pacific white sided dolphin is very beautiful. They have a coloring that ranges from light to dark gray. The underside of them though is white. They also have dark black rings that cover both eyes. The beak is very small and often seems out of proportion with the rest of the body. One characteristic that you will notice is that the dorsal fin has a hook on the end of it.
They aren’t very large though compared to other types of dolphins. Full grown they will be about 8 feet long. They will weight approximately 300 pounds.
Distribution
The Pacific white sided dolphin live in the Pacific Ocean. They are extremely fast swimmers so they can be observed moving quickly through these waters. They tend to stay in the temperate waters. They don’t like it where it is too warm but they also don’t like it when the water is too cool either.
More than 50,000 Pacific white sided dolphins live in the waters of Japan. There are also large numbers of them along the coast of California. A smaller number of them are found in the Bering Sea. In the summer months some of them migrate into areas of Oregon and Washington. It is estimated that there are about one million Pacific white sided dolphins out there.
(source:google/http://www.dolphins-world.com/)
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