Cowfish

Tursiops truncatus

Category: Whales & Dolphins

IUCN Conservation Status: LC - Least Concern - species is widespread and abundant, not currently at risk of extinction

Taxonomy

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Mammalia

Order

Cetartiodactyla

Family

Delphinidae

Genus

Tursiops

Wikipedia

WoRMS Database

Where to Find

Found in 119 diving areas across 58 countries and 10 regions.

• South Australia, Australia - 52 records
• Sydney & New South Wales, Australia - 85 records
• Tasmania, Australia - 134 records
• Victoria, Australia - 151 records
• Bay of Islands, New Zealand - 19 records
• Goat Island & Hauraki Gulf, New Zealand - 827 records
• Poor Knights Islands, New Zealand - 400 records
• Sandy Island, Anguilla - 2 records
• Antigua South Coast, Antigua & Barbuda - 1 records
• Abaco, Bahamas - 1023 records
• Andros, Bahamas - 10 records
• Bimini, Bahamas - 350 records
• Eleuthera & Harbour Island, Bahamas - 1 records
• Exuma Cays, Bahamas - 2 records
• Long Island, Bahamas - 5 records
• Nassau & New Providence, Bahamas - 590 records
• South Coast, Barbados - 6 records
• West Coast, Barbados - 6 records
• North Shore, Bermuda - 3 records
• Salt Island & Cooper Island, British Virgin Islands - 4 records
• Virgin Gorda & Anegada, British Virgin Islands - 4 records
• Varadero, Cuba - 131 records
• Cabrits & Northern Coast, Dominica - 31 records
• Soufriere-Scotts Head Marine Reserve, Dominica - 5 records
• Carriacou, Grenada - 1 records
• Cousteau Reserve, Guadeloupe - 28 records
• Negril, Jamaica - 1 records
• Diamond Rock, Martinique - 8 records
• Saint-Pierre, Martinique - 9 records
• Fajardo & East Coast, Puerto Rico - 5 records
• La Parguera, Puerto Rico - 3 records
• Rincon & West Coast, Puerto Rico - 3 records
• St. Kitts, St. Kitts & Nevis - 2 records
• Anse La Raye, St. Lucia - 3 records
• Soufriere & The Pitons, St. Lucia - 2 records
• St. Vincent, St. Vincent & the Grenadines - 3 records
• Tobago Cays, St. Vincent & the Grenadines - 1 records
• Tobago, Trinidad & Tobago - 7 records
• St. Thomas & St. John, US Virgin Islands - 3 records
• Ambergris Caye, Belize - 453 records
• Lighthouse Reef, Belize - 445 records
• Turneffe Atoll, Belize - 445 records
• Caribbean Coast, Costa Rica - 69 records
• Cocos Island, Costa Rica - 72 records
• Utila, Honduras - 445 records
• Bocas del Toro, Panama - 31 records
• Coiba National Park, Panama - 21 records
• Bora Bora, French Polynesia - 4 records
• Fakarava, French Polynesia - 2 records
• Rangiroa, French Polynesia - 4 records
• Sal, Cape Verde - 2 records
• Santiago, Cape Verde - 1 records
• Flic en Flac & West Coast, Mauritius - 4 records
• Mayotte Lagoon, Mayotte - 6 records
• Saint-Gilles & West Coast, Réunion - 45 records
• Inner Islands, Seychelles - 16 records
• Cape Town & Western Cape, South Africa - 15 records
• Sodwana Bay, South Africa - 1 records
• Trincomalee & East Coast, Sri Lanka - 1 records
• Zanzibar & Pemba, Tanzania - 1 records
• Ksamil, Albania - 42 records
• Dubrovnik & South Coast, Croatia - 6 records
• Istria Peninsula, Croatia - 115 records
• Kornati Islands, Croatia - 101 records
• Split & Central Dalmatia, Croatia - 4 records
• Vis & Biševo, Croatia - 5 records
• Corsica, France - 558 records
• Marseille & Calanques, France - 112 records
• Alonissos Marine Park, Greece - 30 records
• Dodecanese, Greece - 9 records
• Halkidiki, Greece - 23 records
• Zakynthos & Ionian Islands, Greece - 3 records
• South Coast, Ireland - 836 records
• West Coast, Ireland - 559 records
• Portofino & Liguria, Italy - 283 records
• Sardinia, Italy - 366 records
• Ustica, Italy - 3 records
• Comino, Malta - 19 records
• Gozo, Malta - 40 records
• Malta Island, Malta - 3 records
• Al Hoceima, Morocco - 109 records
• Algarve & Berlengas, Portugal - 111 records
• Azores, Portugal - 4124 records
• Balearic Islands, Spain - 13 records
• Cabo de Palos, Spain - 19 records
• Canary Islands, Spain - 77 records
• Costa Brava, Spain - 60 records
• Medes Islands, Spain - 244 records
• West Coast (Gothenburg), Sweden - 5 records
• Tabarka, Tunisia - 38 records
• Bodrum, Turkey - 7 records
• Kas & Kekova, Turkey - 28 records
• Cornwall & Devon, United Kingdom - 2631 records
• Northumberland & Northeast, United Kingdom - 1984 records
• Scapa Flow, Orkney, United Kingdom - 23180 records
• Scottish East Coast & Borders, United Kingdom - 795 records
• Scottish West Coast, United Kingdom - 1304 records
• New Brunswick & Bay of Fundy, Canada - 1 records
• Cozumel, Mexico - 66 records
• Sea of Cortez, Mexico - 112 records
• Socorro Islands, Mexico - 95 records
• Yucatán Cenotes, Mexico - 118 records
• Florida Keys, United States - 6416 records
• Florida Springs, United States - 31 records
• Dahab, Egypt - 16 records
• Deep South, Egypt - 36 records
• El Gouna, Egypt - 25 records
• Hurghada, Egypt - 26 records
• Marsa Alam, Egypt - 51 records
• Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt - 25 records
• Dubai & Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates - 1 records
• Salvador & Bahia, Brazil - 1 records
• Santa Marta & Tayrona, Colombia - 1 records
• Galápagos Islands, Ecuador - 101 records
• Isla de la Plata, Ecuador - 64 records
• Mancora & North Coast, Peru - 1 records
• Los Roques Archipelago, Venezuela - 1 records
• Morrocoy & Chichiriviche, Venezuela - 25 records
• Tubbataha Reef, Philippines - 1 records